Prosecutor General’s Office says it has sent 45 cases to the criminal court during the month of May amid the lockdown of Male’ Area due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a tweet, Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem said that these 45 cases consist of 77 charge sheets. He also said that these cases were sent via online in a contactless and safe manner.
Shameem also said that PG’s office is ready to send documents to atoll courts too.
He lauded the paperless court proceedings and said that it would be good not to go back to sending papers.
With the Covid-19 pandemic, both public sector and private sector institutions have been forced to work online and new work ethic trends have also emerged due to these changes. Many are now learning the various technologies invented to make the work environment sustainable and enduring.
Male’ Area has been under lockdown since the 15th of April after the discovery of its first case of Covid-19. After 6 weeks of strict lockdown, the government has this week eased some of the restrictive measures and said that it would continue to do so if the number of cases continues to drop in the country.
However, yesterday Health Protection Agency HPA reported 101 new cases of Covid-19 taking the total number of cases in the country to 1773.
