Court Denies Amnesty Request for COVID-19 Charges by CFSs and Shipping Lines; No Relief Under Disaster Management Act.

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....Seeking across-the-board amnesty from paying penal charges to CFSs, ICDs and Shipping lines, during the entire period of lockdown enforced by the Government consequent on the COVID-19 pandemic - The State has no direct causal connection with these charges. The powers exerciseable under the Disaster Management Act could not, therefore, be so exercised as to restrain collection thereof, by the shipping lines. - The writ petition is dismissed - HC....