Case Law Details
Choe Jae Won Vs Principal Secretary to the Government (Madras High Court)
Finding justification in the plea made by the learned Government Pleader and considering the fact that, several Non-Bailable Warrants have already been issued to the Petitioners and that, there is every possibility of the Petitioners fleeing away from the clutches of Law, this Court while declining the relief sought by the Petitioners, without prejudice to the rights of the parties in the pending Habeas Corpus Petitions, directs the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic Offences-I), Egmore, Chennai to take up the case in C.C.No.1 of 2020, after normalcy is restored post COVID-19 lockdown, and proceed with the same on a day-to-day basis, without adjourning it beyond ten working days at any point of time.
FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER /JUDGEMENT
Due to lockdown on account of the outbreak of Corona Virus viz. COVID-19, these cases are taken up for hearing by means of ‘Video Conferencing’ through Zoom App.
2. Petitioners have come up with the present Writ Petitions seeking to release them from the Special Camp at Tiruchirapalli and allow them to stay at Belchem 804, Hiranandini Post, Oragadam, Kancheepuram, due to the prevailing pandemic, based on their representations dated 2. March 2020.
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