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Author: Bhavana Jawa from WBNUJS, Kolkata.
A country having federalism as its characteristic is expected to perform better in processing unforeseen events and mishaps than the countries without it. The pandemic, Covid-19 has put the federal structure of the country to the test. The Centre-State interplay has been a dominant feature in the fight against the novel Coronavirus. While India was the first-ever constituent body in the world to adopt ‘cooperative federalism’, the management of this crisis seems to undermine the democratic governance and its characteristics. From early 2020, when the pandemic was in its initial phase, to date, when the second wave is at its peak; center-state relations and the conflicts in cooperation between both the entities have been constant. This leads to revisiting the concept of cooperative federalism and the legal framework to understand what lacks in having synchronized administration during the global crisis. This paper aims to do a legal analysis of Covid-19 management and various center-state disputes that occurred recently. Firstly, it explains the legal framework and its interpretations used to confer the powers assumed by central and state governments. Secondly, it highlights various center-state conflicts like the issues of GST Compensation, arbitrary nature of the vaccination policy introduced, inadequate supply of oxygen and other necessary resources, etc. Moreover, it points out the limitations of the strategies used and their implementation by the government. Lastly, it concludes by summing up the contents of the paper…
Author: Devesh Pandey from Galgotias University.
“Election commission officials should be booked on murder charges”[1]-Statement by Madras High court, “Election commission, High courts and Government failed to see…
Author: Aishwarya Awasthi from Indore Institute of Law.
The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) drastically effected every aspect of human lives including the education sector. It has created an unparalleled test on…
Author: Apeksha GM from M.S. Ramaiah College of Law.
In ancient India, the Hindus adhered to the Shastric or the traditional Hindu Law. The traditional Hindu law is one of the oldest personal laws in the…
Author: Anchal kashyap from JEMTEC School of Law.
What is novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Where it was first identified? What is the second wave of COVID-19? And the scenario of the…
Author: Dhruv Sikka from VIPS, Delhi.
The Indian parliament passed a contentious bill introduced by home minister and BJP President Sri Amit Shah in 2016 on December 9th, 2019. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) modifies…
Author: Aditya Raj Sharma from WBNUJS, Kolkata.
Economic policy denotes the actions that the governments take in the economic sphere. These policies cover the systems for setting up taxes, making…
Author: Ishita Agrawal from HPNLU, Shimla.
The act of registering, selling, or using a domain name with the intent of profiting from the goodwill of another’s trademark is known as…
Author: Nandini Sharma from Army Law College, Pune.
Covid-19 has changed our lives forever. It is a phase that everyone went through together and we are still coping to the changing environment. Ever since the…