
Even as the Bombay High Court switched to virtual mode to deal with urgent cases during the pandemic, it was compelled to hear a slew of "celebrity cases" featuring the who's who of Bollywood and the media.
And the fact that these celebrity cases consumed a considerable amount of judicial time, to the exclusion of other pressing matters, came under some criticism.
Even so, the High Court passed a number of significant orders on various aspects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.