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The Registrar General of Madras High Court on Monday (December 21,2020) released an Official Memorandum informing that the Administrative Committee of the Madras High Court has resolved that subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu can proceed with physical hearings from Monday .
The Hon'ble Administrative Committee of Madras High Court, in the meeting held on 21.12.2020, took this decision while taking into account the· past functioning of the Subordinate Courts during the entire pandemic period and in view of the fact that all other Governmental Institutions as well as other Public Institutions having reopened on full scale, subject to the COVID norms as prescribed. Resolving that the Subordinate Courts should proceed now to function with its full capacity allowing physical hearing, it has been decided that an option of virtual hearing to the lawyers would be provided.
As per the current mode of functioning, each Bench of the court across the three jurisdictions - civil, criminal, and original - periodically sit for physical hearings while also taking up matters through video conferencing.
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