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'Treat with urgency': SC tells govt about pleas against compulsory wages

Home ministry has repealed order asking companies to pay wages during lockdown, but court says matter is larger and 'lot of people are affected'.

A view of the Supreme Court | Photo: PTI
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A view of the Supreme Court | Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
The government must treat "treat with urgency" issues raised in pleas challenging a home ministry notification asking private organisations to pay wages to workers during a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

“All employers, be it in the industry or in the shops and commercial establishments, shall make payment of wages of their workers, at their workplaces, on the due date, without any deduction, for the period their establishments are under closure during the lockdown,” the ministry had said on March 29.

The home ministry repealed the order after hearing industry associations, Business Standard

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