Court imposes ₹6,000 fine on Expert Group Chairman Narendra Nayak
A Mangaluru court has fined Narendra Nayak, chairman of the Expert Group of Institutions, ₹6,000 for violating COVID-19 lockdown orders in 2021. The court found him guilty of allowing parents to gather outside Expert PU College during the lockdown. Nayak faces imprisonment if he fails to pay the fines imposed by the court.
- ▪Narendra Nayak was fined ₹5,000 for violating the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act 2020.
- ▪He was also fined ₹1,000 under Section 269 of the Indian Penal Code.
- ▪The incident occurred on April 27, 2021, when parents gathered outside the college during the lockdown.
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A Mangaluru court has imposed fine of ₹6,000 on chairman of Expert Group of Institutions, Narendra Nayak, on finding him guilty of violating the COVID-19 lockdown order in 2021 and allowing parents of students of the PU College to assemble in front of the gate of Expert PU College in Valachil.The 3rd Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mangaluru, E.S. Suresh, asked Narendra Nayak to pay fine of ₹5,000 for the offence under Section 5 (3A) of Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act 2020. If he fails to pay the fine, he has to undergo simple imprisonment for seven days. The Magistrate also asked Mr. Nayak to pay fine of ₹1,000 for the offence under Section 269 of Indian Penal Code.
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