Taking into consideration the effect of the Corona Virus (COVID 19) and resultant difficulties being faced by lawyers and litigants and with a view to obviate such difficulties and to ensure that lawyers/litigants do not have to come physically to file such proceedings in respective Courts/Tribunal across the country including this Court, it is hereby ordered that all periods of limitation prescribed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 shall be extended with effect from 15.03.2020 till further orders to be passed by this Court in the present proceedings.  (Suo Moto writ (CIVIL) NO. 3 of 2020 dt. 6/5/2020)  (Cogniznance for extension of limitation  SUO MOTO WRIT (C) NO. 3 of 2020 dt. 6/5/2020)