Sessions court hearings via video conferencing

Nagpur: The lockdown extension has led to the closure of the district and sessions court between June 2 and June 8. During this period, urgent matters would be heard through video-conferencing.
Principal district and sessions judge SJ Mehare has issued a circular that urgent matters related to police remand, registration of cases, hearing and also bails would be heard online through video-conferencing facilities available at the court premises between 11am and 2.30pm.
As per the circular, litigants and their counsels should use the district court’s portal for e-filing of their cases or pleas. An instruction has also been issued to ensure only 33% attendance of court employees. Different courts, with their judges, have been allotted separate rooms.
The employees residing in containment zones in the city have been asked to share their mobile numbers with the court administration so they can be contacted at any time.