Calcutta HC hearings held up after driver's mom tests positive for Covid-19

The proceedings of the Calcutta High Court scheduled for Thursday were cancelled citing "unavoidable exigencies", a day after the South 24 Parganas district court postponed its hearings indefinitely after the mother of a driver transporting court staff tested positive for the coronavirus, PTI reported.

A notification by the high court registrar general also recalled the sitting of division and single benches on May 4, 7, 12, and 15.

The official vehicle's driver, whose mother has tested positive for the respiratory illness and is being treated at a private hospital, was engaged in transporting the skeletal staff of the District Judge's