Madras HC Issues Notice On Plea For Notifying Lockdown Period As Special Holidays Under TN (National, Festival & Special Holidays) Act [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notices on a petition seeking a direction to the state government to notify the period of lockdown as "special holidays" for industrial establishments under the Tamil Nadu (National, Festival and Special Holidays) Act, 1958. The plea filed by one S. Ravindran averred that the government should, in terms of its powers under Section 3(2) of the...