Delhi High Court judge holds virtual hearings till 11:30 pm

By LE Desk

New Delhi, June 22, 2021: Setting a precedent, a single-judge vacation bench of Jasmeet Singh on Monday held virtual hearing of matters till around midnight.

In the morning, Justice Jasmeet Singh had assembled for a hearing in a division bench with Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani at 10.30 am and heard around 19 cases listed before the bench. Thereafter, at 3 pm, Justice Singh again assembled the Court as a single-judge bench and started hearing matters listed before it.

Around 40 cases were listed before the single-judge bench, and Justice Singh heard the matters continuously till around midnight, news agency ANI reported.

As part of the division bench, he heard a matter relating to the WhatsApp petition challenging the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) June 4 notice, some habeas corpus pleas, among others. The bench took various miscellaneous petitions including bail among others.

During the hearing of the last matter, senior advocate Dayan Krishnan asked Justice Singh if he could ask a question on a lighter note, and inquired if his favourite sport during his childhood was marathon race. The Judge and lawyers shared a laugh at the question.

The summer vacation in the Delhi High Court began on June 5 and the court will continue to remain closed till July 3. The vacation bench of the Delhi High Court is holding hearings three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Earlier also various benches of the Delhi High Court have held hearings till late evenings.