Aloha,
re below:
Despite India having till only 137 _registered_ cases of Covid19
infection by now, and the rest of the world nearly 2 lakhs, I do not
believe this is the right time for juridial finicking:
"Constitution experts say if the government believes a colonial-era law
helps in containing the outbreak, then nothing is wrong in such a
decision."
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/a-123-yr-old-act-to-combat-coronavirus-in-india-experts-say-nothing-wrong-11584182501707.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_Diseases_Act,_1897
Cheers & stay safe!
p+2D!
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:08:37 +0530
From: Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>
To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org>
Subject: [Goanet] THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT, 1897 WAS NEVER EXTENDED
TO GOA
The decision of the Goa Government to invoke the provisions of the
Epidemic
Diseases Act, 1897 appears to be a cruel illegal joke on the State of
Goa
when our State is already reeling under the pangs of economic meltdown
with
the poor economy and now, with the pandemic virus which has afflicted
the
world.
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is a British Law enforced in India, at a
time when Goa was not a part of India as it was then. Goa was
incorporated
as a territory of the Union of India on 19 December, 1961 upon its
Liberation.
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Aires Rodrigues
Advocate High Court
