Download This PaperAnalysis of Existing Jurisprudence under the Epidemic Diseases Act
4 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 17, 2020
Abstract
With the sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide, the governments around the world, including India have put their citizens in a state of lockdown and limited movement & human social activity. It was soon realised in India that a robust lockdown was needed which was enforceable rather than voluntary and to enforce such lockdowns and to provide enabling power to criminal legislations and to punish violators, the epidemic diseases act was enforced. The Epidemic Diseases Act (hereinafter referred to as “the act”) was enacted in 1897 and there have been a total of five major cases which have arisen out of the act or the rules framed thereunder. This article aims to analyse the act, its scheme and also these five cases that have occurred as its result.
Keywords: Coronavirus, Epidemic diseases act
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