The decision to go virtual was taken by the Administrative Committee of the High Court chaired by Chief Justice S. Manikumar and a discussion was held with the Bar Association also.

For one month, the court will function virtually and after that the Covid-19 situation will be reviewed.

On November 22, the court had resumed physical hearings after functioning virtually for more than a year.

On Thursday, Kerala registered more than 13,000 cases and the test positivity rate jumped to 20 per cent.