Today, in the matter of Law Lab India And Anr. v. Hon’ble High Court of Judicature At Bombay And Ors., the Supreme Court of India rejected a petition seeking to adopt a permanent hybrid hearing in the Bombay High Court. The Apex Court further directed him to Approach Bombay High Court. 

The Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala, said -

"Why not approach the High Court with this? Move to the High Court under 226."

The petition submitted that due to absence of hybrid form of hearing in the Bombay High Court, every litigant who wished to attend court was required to travel long distances to the city where the Bench was located. It stated–

"This entails substantial expenditure in terms of money and time. The litigants are required to travel and attend court physically. Often times, due to paucity of time if the matter is not taken up, the litigant's travel is to no consequence. Thus, litigants have to travel on every date. The cause lists of the High Court are published late on the previous day. This makes it difficult for the litigant to plan his/her travel at the eleventh hour."

Further, the Petitioner also mentioned about the discomfort caused when the matter was directed to be listed on a specific day, for certain reasons the matter would not get listed.