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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of Decision: 24^th April, 2020

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W.P.(C) 2993/2020

NARESH KUMAR

..... Petitioner

Through:

Dr. N. Pradeep Sharma, Adv.

versus

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & ANR.

..... Respondents

Through:

Mr. Ramesh Singh, Standing

Counsel for GNCTD.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR

D. N. PATEL, Chief Justice

2.

Consequent on the global devastation wrought by the

n-COVID-2019 pandemic, to which India is no exception, the

executive administration in this country has had to take certain hard-

hitting decisions, and to put in place a slew of curbs, restraints, and

containments, so as to minimise, to the extent possible, the societal

effect of the viral pandemic. Many establishments and offices, save

and except those which render essential services, or trade in essential

goods and commodities, have had to be shut down, and a near

complete lockdown imposed, on a national scale, completely

1.

The Court is convened through Video Conferencin