The letter said that the Association received several complaints from advocates saying that they have been facing difficulties entering the Virtual Court proceedings of Court 1.
Court 1 is the Court of the Chief Justice S Manikumar. Currently, Justice Shaji P Chaly accompanies him on the Bench in this Court. Court 1 has been holding video conference proceedings on Zoom since the beginning of the pandemic when the High Court was forced to switch to online/hybrid hearings.
The Association has raised 3 major issues in the letter:
1. Denying entry to advocates whose names are not shown on the causelist. As a result, advocates, especially junior advocates attached to many offices are unable to participate in VC proceedings;
2. Delay in granting admission to the VC which has resulted in many lawyers missing their item or major portions of arguments;
3. Advocates who want to mention cases and seek early hearing or make any submissions regarding listed cases are denied the opportunity to do the same.
Source: Barandbench
