All the benches of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) will hear cases through physical mode alone from February 21, 2022 in view of the decline in COVID-19 cases..An order to this effect was issued by Joint Registrar of NCDRC, S Hanumantha Rao.The notification stated that all the alternative modes of hearing of cases i.e. hearing through video conferencing and hybrid hearing shall be dispensed with from February 21, 2022.It further stated that a maximum number of 15 cases in the category of final hearing shall be listed before each Bench including the matters nominated to the Bench and part heard matters before the Bench, on a working day..On January 3, the NCDRC had decided to hear cases through virtual mode in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases and the restrictions imposed by government authorities.Subsequently, on February 1, the commission decided to go hybrid and directed that the cases listed before it from February 7, 2022 shall be heard through physical as well as virtual mode. .[Read Notification]
