In view of the nationwide lockdown, the Orissa High Court here has ordered extension of all its interim orders passed by its different Benches till April 15.
A Division Bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Kumari Sanju Panda on Wednesday heard all the urgent matters through videoconferencing and observed that all the interim orders passed by the court would remain effective till April 15.
The High Court further ordered that functioning of the High Court and subordinate courts as well as their offices shall remain suspended till April 15. “Extremely urgent matters can be mentioned before the Deputy Registrar (Judicial) through email between 11 am and 12 pm during this period. Similarly, matters relating to production, remand, and urgent bail matters shall be taken up subordinate courts through video conferencing”, said two separate notifications.
Notably, the High Court in an earlier direction had made it clear that in view of the need of social distancing, no demolition under any law, no eviction under any law by any authority shall be undertaken till April 15 to avoid congestion.
