Hundreds of lawyers of the Dhaka Bar Association on Sunday staged demonstrations on the bar premises in demand of resuming the regular court proceedings instead of virtual system which had been introduced recently due to coronavirus outbreak.
Before the demonstration, more than three hundred lawyers participated
in a mass signature program in support of resuming the regular court activities.
The lawyers alleged that the virtual courts hear only the bail petitions, but other judicial activities like surrender of an accused, obtaining testimony of a witness, filing of CR cases are totally stopped in the virtual courts which is causing a huge loss to the lawyers.
Besides, the lawyers are facing many problems in submitting bail applications in the virtual courts due to technical faults, they also alleged.
Advocate HM Mamun who was present in the demonstration and signed in the mass signature program said, “The virtual courts hear only the bail petitions. But other judicial activities are totally stopped in the virtual courts. That is why the disposing of the cases is delaying.”
Advocate Muhammad Muniruzzaman, another lawyer of the Dhaka Bar, said the lawyers are suffering a lot due to the closure of the regular activities of the court functions. So we want the resumption of the regular court proceedings, he added.
