Accessibility Workstations, Vulnerable Witness Rooms In Delhi HC, District Courts To Be Utilized To Allow Accused With Disabilities To Attend Hybrid Hearings
11 months ago

Accessibility Workstations, Vulnerable Witness Rooms In Delhi HC, District Courts To Be Utilized To Allow Accused With Disabilities To Attend Hybrid Hearings

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Accessibility workstations and the vulnerable witness rooms in the Delhi High Court and district courts in the national capital will be utilised as room for the accused persons with disabilities to attend hybrid hearings. The direction has come from Acting Chief Justice Manmohan in terms of a judgment of a single judge which directed the Delhi Government to provide infrastructure and financial assistance for procuring essential electronic gadgets for conducting trials in cases where the accused person is differently-abled. “…the Acting Chief Justice of this Court has been pleased to direct that the infrastructure of accessibility workstations in the e-Sewa Kendras, set up in this Court and all the Delhi District Courts in addition to the Vulnerable Witness Rooms, be utilised as the room for the accused Persons with Disabilities to attend the hybrid hearings in various Courts in Delhi,” a circular said. While noting that there are special rooms and facilities available for vulnerable witnesses in court complexes, the court had said that there are no such rooms for the accused persons with disabilities.

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