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Partner in the General Corporate and Employment Practice at the Bangalore office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Krithika specialises in advisory involving complex employment law matters and cross-border transactions. She can be reached at krithika.radhakrishnan@cyrilshroff.com.

KARNATAKA-GOVERNMENT’S-LEGISLATIVE-ATTEMPT-TO-TACKLE-COVID-19-OUTBREAK

The Karnataka Government is reported to have notified the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020 (“COVID Regulations”), on March 11, 2020, late evening, as an attempt to contain the outbreak and spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, which was incidentally declared as a ‘pandemic’ by the World Health Organisation the same day. Issued with immediate effect and for a period of 1 (one) year from its notification, the COVID Regulations empower the district administration to put in place containment measures and also ensure the public takes special measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of the potentially fatal disease, as fears around its ramifications have reached a feverish high worldwide.Continue Reading Karnataka Government’s Legislative Attempt To Tackle Covid-19 Outbreak