The present article focuses on the legal aspect of COVID-19 in a nutshell. India has confronted a number of epidemics and pandemics in the past. While an epidemic is an event or an outbreak that has affected several people at one time and is likely to spread through a single or several community whereas “a pandemic is a worldwide spread of a new disease.”  The article brings in all related issue dealing with pandemic. The proportion of newly emerging diseases have taken a massive increase in the past and is likely to be increased in the future. As a developing nation India suffers overly from such infectious diseases.

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Keywords: COVID-19, Legal Aspect, Pandemic, Emerging Diseases, Infectious Diseases.