Whether Judicial Service Is an Essential Service Amid COVID-19 Lockdown and other Legal Perspectives
- Nandini Tripathy, Student of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
- September 18, 2020
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Corona Virus (COVID 19) has engulfed the World into an exceptional disaster forcing maximum of the countries to put into effect lockdown which seems to be the only choice to control and incorporate spread of this dreaded virus. In India also this sickness has unfolded to most parts of the country. The present instances propelled through an international health emergency has necessitated all within the justice delivery machine to look into better use of generation to make sure administration of justice even at an adverse time, bearing in mind that maintenance of law and order by using Courts is an equally important carrier for easy functioning of a state. The Courts all throughout India have absolutely risen up to the occasion to deal with the sudden vacuum created by way of the need for a right of way lockdown in the nation, proscribing its functioning to urgent topics on my own. The operation of the Courts has no longer been officially suspended indeed, the Supreme Court and a number of the High Courts have responded to the public fitness crisis by using postponing regular judicial and administrative work, even as making exceptions for urgent matters. To meet the need for social distancing, courts are permitting appearances thru videoconferencing and e-submitting of files. That said, however, the Courts are (understandably) functioning at a closely decreased ability, and simplest extraordinarily pressing topics are intended to be indexed in the course of the lockdown period. However, what constitutes an extremely urgent rely has been left open to interpretation.
