Amidst the inevitable chaos and compulsive calm due to the
prevailing restriction of movement pursuant to the outbreak of the
novel coronavirus disease, the e-commerce sector amongst others has
also taken a hit due to the virus. Since the onset of the
country-wide lock down in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs
("MHA") had limited activities
permitted under the e-commerce sector during Lockdown 1.0 and
Lockdown 2.0. These restrictions have been eased somewhat during
the third stage of lockdown i.e. Lockdown 3.0. The MHA through the
guidelines issued on March 24, 2020 (further modified on March 25,
2020, March 26, 2020 and April 02, 2020) permitted delivery of
essential goods such as food, groceries including hygiene products
(as clarified on March 29, 2020), fruits and vegetables,
dairy and milk products, meat and fish, animal fodder, seeds,
fertilizers and pesticides, agriculture produce, drugs,
pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and
intermediaries
