Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has constituted 36 virtual benches of the High Court for hearing and disposing of cases only for tomorrow (Monday) as the court will go on a two-week annual vacation from today (Sunday).
Among the 36 benches, 23 are division (two judges) benches and 13 are single (one judge) benches, says a notification.
The HC benches have been formed after the government recently announced to relax the strict lockdown from Thursday ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. Earlier, 38 benches were functioned on Thursday.
The Chief Justice had constituted four virtual benches from functioning from July 18 to July 19 during the annual vacation of the Supreme Court.
The benches will run their functions using information technology without anyone’s physical presence.
The Chief Justice also recently constituted four HC benches for dealing with cases during the annual vacation. On June 30, he decided to run the court functions across the country on a limited scale through virtual system from July 1 to curb Covid-19 transmission.
