The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has continued with the judicial holiday imposed as a result of the coronavirus and its consequent quarantine, until May 24th nextthrough Agreed 14/2020.
In the recitals of the document dated 11/05/2020, published this Thursday (14.05.2020/297/2020) in the Official Gazette, reference is made to the pandemic and the consequent pre-existing fair is described, based on the Decree of Necessity and Urgency No. XNUMX/XNUMX (DNU) that the National Executive Branch has issued in this regard and with special reference to the latest DNU through which changes are established with respect to particular situations of quarantine in different provinces, due to their own characteristics and population density.
Likewise, the Agreement states in its point V of the Consideration: “V) That the criterion that guides this Court as head of a Power of the State, is to achieve the greatest increase in the provision of the necessary service for the community compatible with the preservation of the health of the people who provide it and of those who come to receive it.”
In the main points The following is highlighted from the resolution section of the Agreement:
1) Extend, under the terms of this agreement, the extraordinary fair provided for by resolution point 2 of agreement 6/2020 - and extended by agreements 8, 10 and 13 of the current year -, from May 11 to May 24, both included, of 2020.
2) Maintain the Customer service hours for the holiday courts from Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 13:30.
3) Approve the following protocols: “PROTOCOL AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PROCESSING OF JUDICIAL CASES DURING THE EXTRAORDINARY FAIR”; “PROTOCOL REGARDING THE CALL FOR OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES”; “PROTOCOL FOR MAKING INQUIRIES IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH” and “PROTOCOL OF PREVENTION, HYGIENE AND SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE NATION DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC”, which are included as annexes hereto.
3) Remember and urge that, in order to formulate presentations and for the performance of all procedural acts, priority must be given to the use of available digital tools that allow the remote processing of cases and the use of electronic and digital signatures - in accordance with agreements 4, 6, 11 and 12 of this year -, taking into account, for these purposes, the provisions of agreement 14/2013 and generating self-sufficient provisions and resolutions for this purpose.
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