The Supreme Court on Friday ordered administrations across India not to prosecute employers who were unable to pay full wages to the workers during the Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown. The direction from the top court virtually stays the operation of the March 29 circular issued by the Ministry of Home Affair (MHA).
A bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai asked the Centre and states not to prosecute private companies, factories etc. for non-payment of wages.
The top court has asked for a response from the Centre on a bunch of petitions filed by industrial units, which moved the court claiming that they have no means to pay wages since there is no production.
The petitioners argued that the Government of India has not taken any steps for the workforce and instead put the entire burden on the employers/owners to pay full wages.
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