New Delhi, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on 15 May decided to hear cases exclusively through video conference on Mondays and Fridays, and judges 'unanimously resolved' to encourage car-pooling arrangements amongst themselves in order to ensure optimum fuel utilisation, legal news website LiveLaw reported.

The move came following a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on cutting down avoidable expenditure due to the ongoing West Asia crisis.

"Matters listed on miscellaneous days (i.e. on Mondays, Fridays, or such other days as declared to be miscellaneous), and matters listed during the Court's partial working days, shall be heard by video-conferencing only.

Prime Minister Narendra Modiearlier this week appealed to citizens to adopt auste...