Gujarat high court reconstitutes benches

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has reconstituted benches to conduct judicial work from Friday and Justice J B Pardiwala, who was heading the division bench that passed important directions for the government to tackle Covid-19 pandemic, will sit with the Chief Justice Vikram Nath.
The chief justice had suo motu filed the PIL for Covid-19 and lockdown. With the change of benches after the chief justice was on leave, the matter was heard earlier this month by the bench of Justice Pardiwala and Justice I J Vora.
The CJ had constituted six benches earlier with one division bench. Now, seven benches have been constituted with two division benches to deal with urgent matters. Justice Vora will sit with Justice R M Chhaya in another division bench.
Meanwhile, the CJ has undertaken a survey among lawyers to know whether they prefer opening of courtrooms or continue with virtual court through video conferencing.