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#SupremeCourtOfIndia hears plea seeking to declare hybrid hearings as a fundamental right.
CJI asks BCI Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra to get a response for bar councils for states.

CJI: Technology must not become a problem for people.
SC: Have a consultation or conferences/meetings with these bar councils.
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CJI: I am very deeply disturbed that some CJs are disbanding all the infrastructure that we have created for online hearings. This is public money. Their notion is we come for physical hearings, lawyers must also come...
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CJI: In phase 3 of the e-courts' project, we are reaching out to service centres at taluka levels. You may not take interest in technology, but you must work towards the access to justice mission. Technology was not just for the pandemic, its the future...

CJI: We will pass some broad orders.. we will consider what Mr. Manan Kumar is saying..
Petitioner: The HCs must be asked to ensure that hybrid hearings are ensured..
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Bench discusses.
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CJI: we will form and order and pass it.
Petitioner informs court that a parliamentary committee is there.
CJI: We know, they came to have a meeting with us and were very receptive.
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Petitioner: What happened in MP, the virtual courts were stopped in one month of its inauguration.
CJI: All CJs have to now learn that technology is the way forward. They have to be on board. This is why we have made E-SCR free of charge. IIT Madras is helping us out.

CJI: You tell us what we should do, to make this available to all lawyers across the country and please ensure that nobody will be left out.
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