New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed its exasperation at the
inability of the virtual court system to work satisfactorily in the top court,
saying it is becoming very difficult to continue with the proceedings in an
appropriate manner.
The court also noted that there were no such
problems being faced in the virtual court system in the Delhi High Court next
door.
The top court is hearing matters through
video-conferencing since March last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We at the inception must note our exasperation
at the inability of the virtual court system to work satisfactorily in the
Supreme Court while there is no such problems in the Delhi High Court next
door,” a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said in its January 5
order.
“We have been since yesterday trying to cope
with the problem of disconnections, resonance of voices, even when there is
single person arguing. It is difficult to understand this despite more licences
stated to have been taken. The only voice we hear is the resonance of our own
voices!,” said the bench, also comprising justices Dinesh Maheshwari and
Hrishikesh Roy.
The bench
directed the secretary general of the top court to look into the issue.
“We thus direct the secretary general to look
into this issue as it is becoming very difficult to continue with proceedings
in the virtual courts in an appropriate manner,” the bench said.
The top court made these observations while
hearing a plea against the December last year order passed by the Chhattisgarh
High Court.
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