In view of the increasing Coronavirus cases in Delhi, the Apex Court on Monday preponed the summer vacation by one week. The summer break will start on May 8 & continue till June 27 with the Court reopening on June 28.The decision was taken after an emergency meeting was held by the CJI NV Ramana with the representatives of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) & the Bar Council of India.”After a detailed discussion today in the emergency meeting, it was concluded that the summer vacations of SC will be preponed to May 7 & re-opening of the SC will accordingly be preponed to June 28 tentatively,” the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said in an official statement.The SCBA said that “Further, the CJI principally agreed to provide a suitable area for establishing medical facilities for at least 60 beds & other facilities like RT-PCR test & vaccination”.SCBA had pointed out the surge in COVID-19 cases & the extension of lockdown in Delhi till May 3. In view of the same, the SCBA had earlier written a letter to the CJI requesting to prepone the summer vacations from April 26, instead of May 14.
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