Delhi High Court To Continue Hearing Extremely Urgent Matters Through Virtual Mode Till June 4, Notifies New Roster With Effect From May 17

In view of the alarming rise in the covid 19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi High Court has modified its earlier order thereby resolving  that the existing system of hearings including the Courts of Registrars and Joint Registrars (Judicial), shall continue up to June 6. 

It was resolved vide order dated April 23 that the High Court and all the district courts shall continue to take up only extremely urgent matters filed in the year 2021 through video conferencing mode till May 15.

According to the office order notified yesterday, it has been stated thus:

"In continuation of the Court's Office Order dated 23-04-2021, the Full Court has been pleased to order that the existing system of hearings in this Court, including the Courts of Registrars and Joint Registrars (Judicial), shall continue up to 04-06-2021 and that the Summer Vacation for this Conn shall be as per the already notified schedule/approved calendar."

It has further been provided that all other pending routines/ non-urgent matters listed before the High Court during the period from May 17 till June 4, 2021 shall stand adjourned en bloc.

Additionally, the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, DN Patel has also notified new roster of sitting benches with effect from May 17.

With the changed composition, Chief Justice shall share the bench with Justice Jyoti Singh from Monday. 

This also means that the new division bench hearing the covid petitions will now comprise of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh. Justice Singh used to share bench with the Hon'ble Chief Justice till now.

All fresh PILs shall be listed before the Bench presided over by the Chief Justice. Mentioning of urgent matters shall also be done before Chief Justice's bench.

The new division benches of the High Court shall sit in the following compositions:

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice D. N. Patel (Chief Justice) with Hon'ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vipin Sanghi with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jasmeet Singh

-Hon'ble Mr. Justice Siddharth Mridul with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manmohan with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amit Bansal

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Talwant SinghHon'ble

The new single benches of the High Court shall sit in the following compositions:

Civil Jurisdiction

- Hon'ble Mr.Justice Najmi Waziri

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. Kameswar Rao

- Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha Palli

- Hon'ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh

- Ho'ble Mr. Justice Prateek Jalan

- - Hon'ble Ms. Justice Asha Menon

Criminal Jurisdiction

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait

- Hon'ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Khanna

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subramonium Prasad

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar

Original Jurisdiction

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.R.Midha (Judge-in-Charge)

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jayant Nath

- Hon'ble Ms. Justice Anu Malhotra

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar

- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula

Furthermore, it has been notified that Fresh Writ Petitions challenging constitutional validity of any Act, Statutory Rule, Regulation or Notification other than tax (including Municipal tax) and Service matters shall be marked by the Chief Justice.

Summer Vacations For Delhi District Courts Preponed From May 17 To June 30 In View Of Covid 19 Surge

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