Covid-19 pandemic, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has published a list that have been notified as “short category” matters which may be taken up for hearing.

While considering Covid-19 outbreak, realizing suffering of society in term of justice, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had ordered that the Court may include cases such as family law cases, and death penalty cases via video conferencing with the permission of the Chief Justice of India and subject to availability of the Bench. In furtherance to the previous order, few more categories has been added as “short Categories which may be taken up for hearing. These categories include:-

1. Rent Act matters pertaining to eviction, arrears of rent, and enhancement of rent.
2. Compensation cases pertaining to motor vehicle accident, insurer or owner’s liability, liabilities arising from matters outside of MV Act, among others.
3. Criminal cases pertaining to Section 125 of the CrPC i.e. for maintenance, bail and anticipatory bail, as well as transfer petitions under Article 139A(2) of the Constitution and Section 406 of the CrPC.
4. Transfer petitions under Article 139A(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 25 of the CPC.

It is submitted that the concerned parties, desire to get listed aforementioned matters for hearing through video conferencing, need to furnish their joint consent along with particulars of the matter at the earliest, and latest by April 24, 2020 to the E-mail address: consent.list@sci.nic.in.  List of Short Category matters.