Nobody To Enter Goa Without Negative COVID-19 Report: Bombay High Court Nobody To Enter Goa Without Negative COVID-19 Report: Bombay High Court The court slammed the administration for not implementing its earlier interim order fully and instead carving out an exception for local residents.
North and South Goa issued orders making it mandatory for visitors to carry negative covid reports (File)
Panaji:
The Bombay High Court s Goa bench on Tuesday ordered that no person will be allowed to enter the coastal state without a negative COVID-19 test report, except in cases of medical emergency.
The court slammed the administration for not implementing its earlier interim order fully and instead carving out an exception for local residents.
Anti-IIT agitators
PANAJI:The state government has informed the high court of Bombay at Goa that the FIR filed against the anti-IIT protesters at Melauli in Sattari over a violent protest cannot be withdrawn.
Additional government advocate Pravin Faldessai told the high court that he is of the opinion that the prosecution cannot be withdrawn by the government as weapons were used in the agitation.
He said that “though the people have a right to agitate such a right does not extend to using deadly weapons, particularly against police officials or any other persons”. He submitted that if any of the individual petitioners are found not involved, relief can be considered, but added that it would not be appropriate to either withdraw the prosecution in its entirety or to quash the FIR.