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(Srishti Nigam and Snehil Ajmera are second and third year students respectively, at Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur) The whole world is shaken by the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19 which has put almost every activity on halt. At the outset of such a difficult time, we find that technology is marked as a panacea for each nation. In this difficult time, everyone has started working from home and judiciary is no exception to this. Due to this crisis even they have started functioning virtually by taking up the matters through video conferencing. All of this raises some questions as to the aspect of access to justice, which is a constitutional goal for our country. The words ‘Access to Justice’ immediately stir up in our mind the idea that every person who seeks justice must be provided with the requisite opportunity to approach the Court of Justice. Delivery of justice is essential in dispensing the rights of the citizens whose life-long earnings are exhausted during the pending trials. Some measures have been taken, in this regard, by the courts of our country. The courts will now use virtual-hearing in all matters including bail applications, remands and in criminal trials and civil suits where a witness is located intrastate, interstate, or overseas. Further, there is no bar in examining witnesses by way of virtual-hearings. This paper goes on to analyse these measures.
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