New Delhi, March 2 -- : Once again, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde seeking immediate resumption of physical hearing in the Supreme Court.

"The right of the Supreme Court Registry to mute and unmute lawyers at will is completely contrary to the concept of an open hearing," the SCBA, said in its letter, addressed to the CJI and pleaded his intervention to resume physical hearings at the Supreme Court as soon as possible.

There are instances galore where lawyers are not unmuted when their matters are called out or where a matter is adjourned without it being called out and without unmuting the lawyers, the SCBA letter said.

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