SARS-COV-2: THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS

Abstract

The Nationwide Lockdown has been a major part of the planning of government to overcome the pandemic COVID -19 which includes complete shutdown of businesses, disrupted food supply chains, extended limits of time slots and terminated contacts. This pandemic leads to unorganized economic sector with loss at its peak. There has been a total shutdown in all the areas, leaving individuals who are most adversely affected with few or no legal options. On the other hand, the lockdown has assisted in reducing the disease's transmission throughout the society while allowing for a legal and legislative examination of this action that has thus far escaped scrutiny. In the seventh week of the lockdown, it was crucial and appropriate that we assessed the overall legality of the lockdown as well as all the actions the Indian government has taken to combat COVID-19. According the Laws governing this lockdown, it is well known that the State governments and district authorities have implemented a lockdown in accordance with instructions from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster Management Act of 2005whose intentions were “to provide for the effective management of disasters and for the matters which are connected there with incidental thereto”. On March 24, 2020, the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) and NEA (National Executive Committee) which were established at the direction of the Prime Minister and chaired by the Home Secretary respectively, they issued orders and guidelines to Union Ministers. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, state governments and relevant authorities should take appropriate, lawful action. They should also follow any instructions that specify which businesses should be closed and which services should be discontinued during this lockdown period. The government issued instructions to impose “social distancing” and the isolation measures to remain “under strict home quarantine” and people to “stay at home and come out only when it is necessary for basic necessities and essential services while following social distancing norms”.