Lawyers begin filing cases virtually with HC for disposal

After a 46-day break, Supreme Court lawyers today started filing cases with the High Court for their virtual hearing and disposal amid the ongoing closure stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.

Three petitions were submitted through email to the HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim, mentioning the reasons for their urgent hearing.

The officer concerned of the HC bench will now inform the lawyers through email and cellphone when the judge will hold a hearing of the petitions, SC sources said.

No case was, however, filed with the other two HC benches today.   

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Sunday constituted three single-judge benches of the HC for holding a virtual hearing and disposing of urgent cases.         

The three HC judges are Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar.

He also formed a bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court with Justice Md Nuruzzaman for virtual hearing.

Regular activities of all courts have been closed since March 26 and the closure is set to stay till May 16.