2021 (5) TMI 564

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....Mr. Aljo Joseph, Adv., Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. And Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna, AOR For the Union of India : Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG, Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Rajat Nair, adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv., Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. And Mr. B.V. Balaram, Das, Adv. For the R.No.4 in SMWP 3/20 : Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, AOR, Mr. Parikshit Ahuja, Adv., Ms. Praveena Bisht, Adv., Ms. Madhur Jhavar, Adv., Ms. Vindhya Mehra, Adv., Mr. Kartik Lahoti,Adv., Mr. Rahul Maheshwari, Adv., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Adv. And Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. ORDER The Court is convened through Video Conferencing. This Court took suo motu cognizance of the situation arising out of the challenge faced by the country on account of COVID-19....

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....till 14.03.2021 shall also stand excluded in computing the periods prescribed under Sections 23 (4) and 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and provisos (b) and (c) of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and any other laws, which prescribe period(s) of limitation for instituting proceedings, outer limits (within which the court or tribunal can condone delay) and termination of proceedings. 4. The Government of India shall amend the guidelines for containment zones, to state. "Regulated movement will be allowed for medical emergencies, provision of essential goods and services, and other necessary functions, such as, time bound applications, inclu....