Supreme Court informed courts nationwide “to consider reopening the trial” 4:53, May 6
The Supreme Court has asked courts nationwide to reduce the number of trials in order to prevent the spread of infection, although many courts have been postponed and it is feared that people will not be able to receive trials promptly. I have notified you to consider reopening.
After the declaration of emergency last month, courts nationwide have postponed many civil and criminal trials by reducing their work in accordance with local circumstances in order to prevent the spread of infection.
In response to the government's decision to extend the declaration of emergency, the Supreme Court fears that the prolongation of the situation will prevent the people from being immediately tried, so while continuing to reduce operations to prevent the spread of infection, Also notified national courts to consider reopening some of the trials.
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a result,
▽ Resuming priority from a highly urgent trial, assuming that the number of employees who will go to court will not be increased, ▽ Opening a trial according to the day when a judge and a clerk will register
It is thought that it may be possible to devise the operation, and to utilize the telephone conference so that lawyers and parties do not come to the court beyond the prefecture.
Especially in regions other than the “special vigilance prefectures”, we are requesting that the scope of trials to be conducted be considered, and in the future, depending on the actual conditions of the region, we will consider resuming trials in stages.