LEGAL RESTRICTIONs AND IMPLICATIONs FOR CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
LEGAL RESTRICTIONs AND IMPLICATIONs FOR CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:- BY Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com Section 144 CrPC ” and section 188 of IPC was recently widely invoked across the country in order to restrict the public gathering due to CORONA VIRUS pandemic. What is Section 144? It gives power to a District Magistrate, a sub- divisional Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate on behalf of the State Government to issue an order to an individual or the general public in a particular place or area to “abstain from a certain act” or “to take certain order with respect to certain property in his possession or under his management”. This order can be passed against a particular individual or general public. The order can be passed even ex-parte. As held by the Supreme Court, mere apprehension of danger is not a sufficient ground to curb citizens’ rights by invoking Section 14...