NEW DELHI: With the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi High Court, in continuation of its earlier order on Sunday, resolved that it will only take up “extremely urgent matters” filed this year from Monday onwards.
The order issued by the high court’s registrar general Manoj Jain further underscored that other pending routine or non-urgent matters and those cases filed or listed before the court between March 22, 2020 and December 31, 2020 will not be taken up for now and will be adjourned “en bloc”.
“In case of any extreme urgency, the request in the pending matters may be made on the already notified designated link,” the directive read.
“Keeping in view the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases in the NCT of Delhi, it has been ordered that all the benches of this court shall with effect from April 19, take up extremely urgent matters filed in the year 2021 only,” it added.
The latest direction comes in the backdrop of the high court’s April 8 decision that from April 9 to April 23 matters will be taken up “through virtual mode only” in view of the rise in Covid-19 cases.