Supreme Court of India

Ficus Pax Private Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 12 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that all issues raised by the petitioners and the respondents have to be decided together and the piecemeal consideration is not warranted.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Disaster Management Act, 2005 – s.10(2)(1) – Orders dated. 20.03.2020, 29.03.2020 issued u/s.10(2)(1) by Central govt. – Consequential orders issued by States directing the employers to pay wages during lockdown period – Challenge to – Held: Obligatory order having been issued on 29.03.2020 was withdrawn by subsequent order dated.17.05.2020 w.e.f. 18.05.2020, therefore in between there were only 50 days during which period, the statutory obligation was imposed – Thus, the wages of workers and employees which were required to be paid as per the order dated.

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