The Delhi High Court Monday suspended its functioning as well as of district courts here till April 4 in view of coronavirus threat.
The matters of extreme urgency will have to be mentioned before the registrar or joint registrar telephonically and hearing will take place through video conferencing.
The decision, taken by an eight-judge committee headed by Chief Justice D N Patel, was communicated in a notification issued by the high court's Registrar General.
The Supreme Court of India also said it is mulling a shutdown amid rising coronavirus cases in the country as the top court opts to hold video-conference to hear urgent matters in an unprecedented move.
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CJI S A Bobde said, "I will take a call by today itself on possible shut down or preponing summer vacation, as demanded by lawyer bodies."
Further, the Supreme Court has ordered the lawyers' chambers inside the Court premises to be closed down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 415 on Monday after 30 fresh cases were reported, the Union Health Ministry said.
The figure includes 41 foreign nationals and the seven deaths reported so far, it said.
A 68-year old Filipino national succumbed to the coronavirus, taking the national total to seven dead and 89 infected, officials said.
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(With PTI Inputs)
