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Brief Facts
R.
Narayanan v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
1, the
Nagercoil Municipal Corporation (
Municipal
Corporation) had conducted a public tender cum auction
sale of licenses to occupy (
License) shops in a
bus stand. The petitioner herein was one of the successful bidders,
who offered to pay a sum of INR 1,15,000 as a monthly fee for the
License (
License Fee). The Municipal Corporation
issued the License to the petitioner for a tenure of three years
commencing from 1 November 2019. The petitioner paid one-year s
License Fee in advance payment to the Municipal Corporation.
On 24 March 2020, the National Disaster Management Authority
How to open a new bookshop during the pandemic: The story of Sudarsan Books of Nagercoil
Members of the founding family recount the history and the leap of faith. Sudarsan Books soon after the inauguration.
The timing couldn’t have been worse. We were in the final stages of planning the shift of our bookstore in Nagercoil – a small town in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu – to a new location when the country went into a full Covid-19 lockdown, effectively halting our efforts. It was a devastating blow, as the initiative wasn’t just about a change in location.
It was in essence a rebirth that would change our business from a store that sold books to a