The Court noted that on January 10, the Supreme Court relaxed the limitation period to file cases under all general and special laws across the country till February 28, 2022 in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases and its impact on public health and adversities faced by the litigants and lawyers.
The High Court also took into account the fact that the Test Positivity Rate in Kerala as on January 17 is 33.06%.
“Cases of Covid-19 are alarmingly increasing. Outbreak of the surge, has certainly put the litigants, lawyers and even the functioning of the court in difficult stage“, the order said.
Source: Barandbench
