Covid crisis: Karnataka HC to serve notices through email

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to submit the list of email IDs of various departments of the state, boards, and corporations, and other statutory bodies to serve notices through emails in writ petitions and appeals being filed before the court.

The court has also extended time to district and trial courts to complete the trial by three months.

The direction was issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj during the hearing of suo moto proceedings initiated in order to address the issues arising due to the pandemic.

Presently, all the HC benches are hearing cases through virtual mode. Referring to this, the court said that the notice has to be served through email in writ petitions and appeals to the central government, state government, statutory bodies, and corporations like BBMP and BDA.