Bombay High Court Likely to Cancel Month-Long Summer Vacation if Lockdown is Lifted
If the lockdown is lifted on May 3 then the summer vacation, that is to begin on May 7, will be cancelled and normal courts will function at the principal seat in Bombay and its benches at Aurangabad and Nagpur, a HC official said.
Mumbai, April 21: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday decided to cancel its month-long summer vacation scheduled to begin on May 7 if the nation-wide lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 is lifted on May 3. The high court summer vacation is scheduled from May 7 to June 7.
If the lockdown is lifted on May 3 then the summer vacation, that is to begin on May 7, will be cancelled and normal courts will function at the principal seat in Bombay and its benches at Aurangabad and Nagpur, a HC official said. Bombay High Court to Nagpur Jail Authorities: 'Make Effort to Process Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba's Parole Plea'.
The official added that the courts would then function from 10.30 in the morning instead of the normal time of 11 am. If the lockdown is extended beyond May 3, then the high court will function as per the present arrangement where special benches convene twice a week to hear extremely urgent matters via video-conferencing, he added.
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