New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government in response to a PIL seeking to strike down government notifications ordering employees to pay full wages to all its workers during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
A bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and BR Gavai heard petitioner Teknomin Construction Limited, a Rajasthan-based Company, represented by Advocate Jeetender Gupta, who had challenged an advisory dated March 20 issued by the Ministry of Labour & Employment and a March 29 order of the Ministry of Home Affairs as violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.
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It sought modification in the MHA order exempting employees who are not reporting to work voluntarily.
A similar petition filed by 11 Haryana-based MSMEs was also heard along with the one filed by the Rajasthan-based firm and the apex court tagged it with other similar petitions.
The matter has now been listed for May 15.
