COVID Surge: Calcutta High Court, Subordinate Courts To Remain Closed For Summer Vacations From May 3
Keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Calcutta High Court has decided to prepone the summer vacations starting from May 24, 2021 to May 3, 2021.The decision has been taken keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation whereby a number of Judges and their family members, and a number of employees working in the High Court and their family members...
Keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Calcutta High Court has decided to prepone the summer vacations starting from May 24, 2021 to May 3, 2021.
The decision has been taken keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation whereby a number of Judges and their family members, and a number of employees working in the High Court and their family members are tested positive for Covid-19.
Further, it has also been decided that the Circuit Benches at Jalpaiguri commencing from May 03, 2021 would remain suspended till further orders, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
A resolution to this effect was passed on April 30, wherein it was resolved that the vacations starting from May 24, 2021 in the Trial Courts in the State of West Bengal be preponed from May 24, 2021 to May 3, 2021 and the vacations in the City Civil Court at Calcutta and the City Sessions Court at Calcutta starting from May 31, 2021 be preponed to May 3, 2021.
In addition, all District Courts including City Civil Court at Calcutta and City Sessions Court at Calcutta will also remain closed for extended vacations from May 10 to May 15, 2021, keeping in view the alarming Covid-19 situation.
Apart from this, the District and Sessions Judges, the Chief Judge, City Civil Court at Calcutta, and the Chief Judge, City Sessions Court at Calcutta have been given the liberty to prepare a duty roster to take up urgent cases during the vacation period as per the regular practice.
In related news, the ensuing Summer Vacation of the Orissa High Court commencing from 24th May 2021 has been advanced to 03rd May 2021 and will continue till 05th June 2021.
Similarly, the ensuing Summer vacation of the Subordinate Courts commencing from 22nd May 2021 had been advanced to 03rd May 2021 and it will continue till 05th June 2021.
The High court and the Subordinate Courts would reopen on 07th June.
Also, the Principal Seat of the Madras High Court and its Bench at Madurai shall remain closed for Summer Vacation starting from May 1, 2021 till May 31, 2021.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court as well as the Subordinate Courts of the State will remain closed for Summer Vacations from 10th May to 04th June 2021.
The Telangana High Court will remain closed for Summer Vacations for this year from 3rd May to 31st May 2021. However, the notification issued in this regard, states that vacation benches shall be sitting for the specified period for hearing matters as mentioned in the schedule.
The National Green Tribunal has modified it's calendar for summar vacation of this year in light of the recent surge in Covid 19 cases throughout the Country. The Competent Authority of the NGT has resolved to prepone the summer vacations from 19th April to 18th May from the earlier notified schedule of 1st to 30th June.
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