NCLAT principal bench to hear cases via physical mode alone from August 1

The principal bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at New Delhi will hear cases via physical mode alone from August 1. .The chairperson of NCLAT decided to modify the earlier Standard Operating Procedure in view of the declining trend in the COVID-19 positivity rate, a notice published on Friday said."The cases listed before principal bench, New Delhi only of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal from August 1, 2022 shall be heard through physical hearing only," the notice stated..Entry into the court rooms, for the purpose of attending physical hearings, shall stand restricted to: (i) Only one advocate per party whose case is listed for hearing that day and whose vakalatnama is on record or who has been duly authorized by such Advocate to appear; (ii) Senior Counsel engaged by any such advocate; (iii) Registered clerk only for the limited purpose of delivering heavy and bulky case files of such advocates at the designated court room. Such clerk should leave the court room and should enter again only to recollect the same..Entry in the Court Rooms will be permitted to those Senior Counsel/advocates whose matter is called out for hearing and also for the advocates whose item is the immediate next, subject to availability of space, the notice further said.Once the matter is over, the advocate should immediately leave from the designated exit point, it added..[Read Notice]