Chennai: Three judges of the Madras High Court have tested +ve for Covid- 19 following which the Administrative Committee has decided to restrict hearing with limited benches strictly through video conferencing from the residences of the Judges, said Court sources.

Two division benches and four single Judges will take up urgent matters and the hearing would be conducted from the residential chambers of the Judges and from the High Court premises from Monday onwards, the Committee resolved, added the sources.

The restriction will apply to Sub-Ordinate Courts across the state, since nine District Courts were allowed to conduct limited open Court hearing presently. All cases to the High Court premises will be restricted till June 30^th. Apart from the three Judges, some of their personal staff has also tested +ve following which the Court Administration has decided to roll back the relaxations announced recently.

After virtual hearings the Judges had started functioning from their chambers in the Court premises for the past few days.