In another instance, a lawyer was nowhere to be found at the end of a virtual bail petition hearing as he had logged in using someone else's smartphone and left afterwards. This has been a hindrance in bail petition hearings,” Md Zafar Hossain, deputy commissioner of the police's Crime, Information and Prosecution Department, told bdnews24.com. Starting the online court proceedings directly in all districts and metropolitan areas was not a good idea,” he said. He believes lawyers will gradually come to terms with the process of remote court proceedings. All the problems will be ironed out over time,” said a senior judge at a Dhaka court.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2020 03:11 UTC