{"id":235873,"date":"2020-09-16T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T10:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235873"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:29:08","slug":"bom-hc-advocates-permitted-to-travel-by-local-trains-to-attend-physical-hearing-of-cases-on-experimental-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/16\/bom-hc-advocates-permitted-to-travel-by-local-trains-to-attend-physical-hearing-of-cases-on-experimental-basis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bom HC | Advocates permitted to travel by local trains to attend physical hearing of cases on ‘experimental basis’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bombay High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., directs railways to allow Advocates to travel by local trains for physical hearings on an “experimental basis”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Possibility as to whether lawyers who are appearing in the High Court before the Benches which are taking physical hearing, permission to travel by local trains to be discussed.<\/p>\n

Advocate General, as well as Additional Solicitor General, had fairly consented to consider the said request on an experimental basis.<\/p>\n

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Advocate General after taking instructions has placed on record a brief note which would set out the arrangements that can be made for lawyers who are attending the physical hearing before the High Court.<\/p>\n

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Further, Additional Solicitor General has also taken instructions from the railways and would state that in principle, the railways are also agreeable for this arrangement to be set into motion as suggested on behalf of the State.<\/p>\n

Bench stated that in view of the present situation Court can only consider the request in regard to the advocates and no one else.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the Court accepts the arrangement as suggested on behalf of the State and as agreed on behalf of the railways which would be in effect from 18-09-2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In view of the above, Court passed the following order:<\/p>\n