COVID-19 has de-globalized the world and yet, ushered a new global citizenship, where the order is simple – solidarity in isolation. In battling the highly contagious pandemic, governments are focused on breaking the transmission chain.

On March 24, 2020, the government ordered a nation-wide lockdown for 21 days effective from March 25, 2020 (“CG Notification”). Amidst this unprecedented situation, organizations have been grappling with various issues confronting employment policies and practices.

In view of COVID-19, Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister, announced certain relief measures on March 24, 2020 which were then officially notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) through its General Circular 11/2020 dated March 24, 2020. This alert follows up on our last update of March 24 available here https://www.psalegal.com/mca-initiatives-to-deal-with-covid-19/:

Between March 15 and March 23, 2020, the Government of Tamil Nadu (“GoTN”) issued a few orders and circulars to deal with public health and combating COVID-19, which the businesses, particularly, the manufacturing companies and IT and ITES companies, in Tamil Nadu (“TN”) should know. Key updates are below:

On March 24, 2020, the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, announced certain measures to combat the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. These focus at providing relaxations to stakeholders across different sectors and industries in matters of, amongst others, statutory and regulatory compliance. While the central government is yet to issue circulars and/or notifications...

Amongst other things, Covid-19 outbreak has had a huge impact on Indian courts where it is impossible to control mass gatherings as the volume of people physically present is the very antithesis of what current social distancing norms require. Apart from judges, lawyers, litigants, there is a battery of support staff that provide direct and...

Given the COVID-19 crisis, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) announced certain important initiatives to deal with the public health situation and promote social distancing. Key updates are: