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SC justice, officials test positive for COVID-19, hearing scheduled for today deferred



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By Narayan Kafle, Kathmandu, Oct. 4: All hearings except for that of single-bench ones have been suspended in the Supreme Court (SC) for today following confirmation of infection of the novel coronavirus in some justices and officials in the SC.

Issuing a notice on Sunday, the SC administration informed that all the hearings scheduled for today had been postponed.

A justice and some employees had tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.

Debendra Dhakal, assistant spokesperson of the SC, informed that all hearings except for single-bench ones were deferred as some justices had to stay in isolation. However, a single-bench hearing will be held.