SC proposes video conferencing for hearing of cases

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Confron­ted with adjournment of cases on a daily basis as well as difficulties faced by litigants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court has proposed adopting social network applications to overcome regular postponement of cases.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa, while presiding over a two-judge bench during the hearing of a case and facing a similar problem with the absence of a counsel, suggested the use of social network applications, such as Skype, WhatsApp, Telegram or any other suitable video conferencing platform, to deal with the situation.\

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