In a profession largely pre-occupied with precedent, change and innovation have made limited headway with legal institutions in India. Then came Covid-19. Over the last month, we witnessed major leaps by the Indian judicial system to operationalise an “online only” format of functioning. The speed of action has been impressive and is demonstrative of the fact that our courts are well equipped to act fast and decisively. In a landmark order on Monday, the Supreme Court acknowledged that courts, in the discharge of their duty to respond to the call for social distancing, will adopt technology for court hearings even
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