mumbai the bombay high court on tuesday directed that on an experimental basis for two weeks lawyers in mumbai attending physical hearing of cases in the high court shall be allowed to travel by local trains a bench of chief justice dipankar datta and justice girish kulkarni said a lawyer shall apply via email to the designated hc registrar seeking a days pass relating to the particular date on which the matter is listed before its four benches after confirmation of the claim made in the application the registrar will issue a certificate of approval to the lawyer to avail local train services the railways shall verify the certificate and issue a ticket or pass this arrangement will be available from september 18 to october 7 the court heard a public interest litigation by lawyers and their associations to allow travel by mumbai trains for court hearings on september 10 the court had asked the state government to consider allowing some advocates to attend physical hearings in the high court observing that gradually the covid19 lockdown has to openadvocate general ashutosh kumbhakoni said prima facie it is acceptable to the state government he submitted a note on the steps that would be required to be taken to obtain certification from the registrar and thereafter the railways would issue travel pass or ticket additional solicitor general anil singh said in principle the railways are agreeable to the arrangement however he insisted that the ticketpass should not be transferable by lawyer to anyone else amidst deliberations it was decided that it will be issued to advocates on registration code in the event there is a misuse it will be open to the bar council of maharashtra and goa to take action the judges saidtwo advocates urged that benefit be extended to advocates from lower courts the judges said in the present situation they are not inclined to accept the request and will consider them at the next hearing on october 6 we are doing this on an experimental basis in the high court if the system works properly well think of extending it to the lower court said the cj