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Courts to begin work tomorrow
All courts, except the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, will function from tomorrow for internal administrative work, including setting new dates for cases, Judicial Service Commission sources said.
Accordingly, all staff who could report to work have been advised to do so by using their official identity cards as curfew passes.
Commercial High Courts, Civil Appeal High Courts, High Courts, District Courts and magistrate’s courts will function.
The priority function would be to give new dates for the cases that have been postponed in view of the COVID-19 crisis which resulted in the closure of courts.
Since the cases would not be taken up in open courts, the presence of lawyers would not be required, the JSC sources said.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal will meet on April 23 and 24 as a vacation court to consider any bail applications.