CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will resume full-fledged physical hearing of cases from April 4, after a gap of more than two years, when it switched to virtual hearing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief Justice NV Ramana said the court will resume physical hearing April 4 onwards.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Supreme Court will commence full physical hearings from next Monday (April 4), said the Chief Justice of India today. “Monday onwards opening we are opening full physically. Monday and Friday we’ll provide advocates virtual hearing if they ask", CJI Ramana said.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unless otherwise noted, the Court generally hears two, one-hour oral arguments, with attorneys for each side of a case given 30 minutes to make a presentation to the Court and answer questions posed by the Justices. These sessions are open to the public. The Court convenes for a session in the Courtroom at 10 a.m.

Detailed explanation-4: -Justice DY Chandrachud will be the next Chief Justice.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Supreme Court has been working on an average of 222 days in a year. The Central Government has no role in fixing the minimum number of compulsory working hours and working days for courts. Further, there is no proposal at present to increase the number of working days or working hours of the Supreme Court.