Supreme Court staff test positive for COVID-19; Judge says work won't be affected
India's coronavirus crisis has hit the Supreme Court as several of its staff tested positive for the COVID-19. However, the functioning of the court won't be affected in any way.
Sources from the top court stated that many staff members of the Supreme Court were believed to be infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) hence the SC judges will conduct hearings from their respective residences on Monday.
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Meanwhile, Additional Registrar, DEU, stated that all the benches which were scheduled to sit at 10:30 am will sit at 11:30 am and those scheduled to sit at 11 am will sit at 12 noon in Supreme Court on Monday.
As per the report, 44 out of the 90 staffers tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday. The situation sparked panic among some judges.
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A judge who is also Chairman of the Supreme Court's e-Committee stated that 16 benches were functioning. He also said that a huge volume of files used to be shifted physically. Now, everything would be available electronically, he added.
India is experiencing a second wave of pandemic with around 10 lakh new cases being reported over the past week.