country and announced that the entire country
shall be in complete lockdown from 25th March, 2020 for a period of 21 days
while ensuring maintenance ... their strict implementation.
9. It is averred that no sooner the lockdown of 21 days was to complete on
15.04.2020 than the Central Government vide
appellant that on
06.05.2021, the Court was closed due to imposition of lockdown in
pandemic control measures; and on 22.06.2021, the application was filed
seeking ... limitation by the Trial Court
without taking into consideration the period of lockdown was erroneous.
Reference was made to various decisions of this Court, including
Bakshi, learned counsel for the petitioner/defendant
submitted that owing to the lockdown and the difficulties being faced by
Signature Not Verified ... would have
ended on 10th May, 2020 by which time, a complete lockdown had been
enforced. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also relied
public which will result in panic and
people not obeying the lockdown to come out and hoard
essentials which is absolutely unnecessary. Mr. Vinod ... circulated these rumours with the intent to defeat the
Lockdown by creating an impression that there is a complete
failure of the institution
that it was actually
working on the project till the imposition of
lockdown on 22nd March, 2020, or at least shortly
prior thereto ... view of the sudden and
emergent imposition of lockdown, the interests of
justice would justify an ad interim injunction,
restraining invocation or encashment
suspension of payment of rent by tenants owing to the COVID-19
lockdown crisis and the legal questions surrounding the same. The COVID-
19 pandemic ... relationships and jural relationships between parties are severely affected
due to the lockdown. The question as to whether the lockdown would entitle
tenants to claim
April 2020 and 20 July
2020.
A The Notifications
2 A nationwide lockdown was declared by the Central Government from 24
March 2020 to prevent ... COVID-19 pandemic. Economic activity
came to a grinding halt. The lockdown was extended on several occasions,
among them for the second time
charge
demurrage, ground rent, container detention charges etc. till the lockdown
is functional and to permit traders/members of petitioner/Foundation to
lift/ de-stuff ... 24th March, 2020 and 15th April, 2020 by Ministry of
Home Affairs, lockdown was imposed from 22nd March, 2020 till
under Section 12(2) of the Code due to Covid-19 and
lockdown. In the third agenda item as regards updates from ... Debtor was initiated only on 05.05.2020 i.e. during the
period of lockdown and as such the Applicant has sought to exclude
20
the period
deduction, for the period
their establishments are under closure during the
lockdown.
2. In the writ petitions apart from challenging the D.O.
dated ... make full payment of wages to the
employees during the period of lockdown. In few of
the writ petitions, directions have also been sought
