Srinagar, March 26 -- Among others, it underlines that the court should allow officers to appear before it through video conferencing. However in-person appearance of government officials shall continue in exceptional cases.

"This Standard Operating Procedure shall be applicable to all court proceedings involving the government in cases before this High Court and all other courts acting under their respective appellate and/or original jurisdiction or proceedings related to contempt of court," reads a notification issued by the Registrar General of the Court Shahzad Azeem.

Based on the nature of the evidence taken on record, the proceedings have been broadly classified into three categories.

a. Evidence-based Adjudication: These proceed...