The film set at Suncity, Vasai
MUMBAI: Amid a surge in cases, a film crew erecting a set in Suncity, Vasai, was booked for violation of Covid-19 norms, including wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
The Manickpur police in Vasai (west) on Thursday registered a case under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 269 (act likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) of the IPC and sections of the Disaster Management Act.
Senior inspector Bhausaheb Ahire said that the crew of Ajay Devgn Films had begun work on the set from March 24.
On Thursday, when a police team on rounds reached the ground at Suncity, several labourers and crew members were engaged in erecting the set.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole
MUMBAI: The Congress in Maharashtra on Saturday accused the Centre of short-changing the Maharashtra government by withholding its rightful dues to tide over the Covid-19 pandemic and other disasters like cyclones and heavy rains that had hit the state last year.
State Congress president Nana Patole also accused the BJP of acting irresponsibly amidst the pandemic, a day after Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that Maharashtra was the only state in the country that didn t provide any assistance to the people during the crisis.
In his Facebook address on Friday night, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had referred to the stringent measures adopted by various countries to check the spread of coronavirus. He had also hinted that a lockdown was inevitable if new cases continue to go up.
Bombay high court
MUMBAI: Holding that free and fair elections are the hallmark of democracy, the Bombay high court on Thursday set aside a July 2020 decision of the state government that allowed the guardian minister to be consulted in appointments of administrators to gram panchayats pending elections to the local self-governing bodies. The HC noted that now, elections have already been held in many gram panchayats.
“The constitutional scheme envisaged the Panchayat Raj and high degree of autonomy to the gram panchayats. The sheer magnitude of large number of gram panchayats and their importance in a democratic set-up is a good reason why any political dispensation would be eager to gain control and extend its hold over the gram panchayats,” said a bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik.