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Payment of Wages Amidst the COVID-19 Rife - A Law and Morality Conundrum

The fallout of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has turned out to be the worst nightmare of the entire mankind. Amidst this katzenjammer, another issue comes roaring to picture with an order by the government of India mandating the payment of wages to the migrant workers to give them a little relief from their hardship. However, the constitutionality of this government order is being challenged by many industries and employers who contend that such payments in the absence of any work may lead their otherwise stable industries to insolvency. In other words, the employers are trying to somehow escape this order. On one hand, there is the law that stands in the way of payment of wages and on the other hand, there is morality which seems to be supporting the interests of the workers in despair, leading to a complex conundrum. Both the sides seem to be correct from their own stances. An amicable solution is the need of the hour. This work aims to analyze the instant employer-labour skirmish from a jurisprudential perspective. This work examines both the Law and the Morality side of the instant problem and it also suggests that law must not be blindly interpreted that would lead to failure of justice. Through this work the author proposes certain possible way-outs to resolve this conundrum, or if such kind of problem arises in future, in an amicable and practical way which would benefit both the workers and the employers in achieving their ends.