Bar Association urges Calcutta HC to withdraw decision to resume physical functioning on June 11; members resolve to not participate

Taking note of the recent notification issued by the Calcutta High Court on resuming their physical functioning, the Bar Association of Calcutta High Court has written to the Chief Justice urging that the June 5 Notification be withdrawn.

The Calcutta High Court had recently notified its decision to resume physical hearing of cases on a small scale and on an experimental basis from June 11 following months of restricted functioning amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.