SCAORA Writes To Chief Justice Of India Seeking Resumption Of Oral Mentioning In Hybrid Manner

The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association has written to the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde seeking resumption of oral mentioning. The Association has suggested methods that could be adopted or resumption of the oral mentioning.

In its Representation, the Association has stated that a mentioning Registrar be made available in a hybrid manner for both physical and virtual modes for hearing urgent matters. The separate timings for such oral mentioning before the mentioning Registrar can be indicated with links created accordingly.

The letter has stated that the same procedure can also be adopted in the days of normalcy for oral mentioning before the mentioning Registrar and additional facilities of e-filing and virtual hearing for the same can also be made available.

The letter has sought Court's direction to permit the Advocates whose mentioning is rejected by the mentioning Registrar, to mention before the Chief Justice of India or the concerned Court where the subject matter of the mentioning is pending.

The SCAORA had in January also written to the CJI seeking resumption of physical hearing with the existing virtual Courts in a hybrid manner. It had requested for access to the Registry being granted to Advocates and AORs for following up urgent matters related to the Registry issues, including mentioning, urgent listing of matters, inconsistencies in refilling, etc. According to the Association, many Advocates are facing financial problems and difficulties and thus resumption of physical hearings is required. This was followed by an assurance from the CJI physical courts would resume in a hybrid manner with virtual courts at the earliest, while also allowing Advocates access to the Registry from 8th Feb 2021.

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