Order given in favor of a person who is not even our employee

We have a trading business in Gujarat. We usually call a team of people to unload material from truck. Please keep in mind these are not our employees just random people standing outside who are ready to do any random job of loading and unloading in and around that area. One day we had a truck which we wanted to be unloaded so we called the head of the team who got a set of people that he could find on that very day. One of the person who had come that day had some health issues, after the work he left our premise and then due to his health issues he was taken to the hospital and he died there next day. Somehow one of the labor lawyer wanted to help the wife of deceased to make money. Even though this was not our employee still the court has given an order on us to pay a very big amount which includes penalty and 12% interest. Its a big amount for us. 1.) Our current lawyer still wants us to fight and go to the High Court. 2.) One of the lawyer at High Court is suggesting me to try to settle for a lesser amount or pay the amount in full as the laws are made in favor of labour only. We are not sure what is the right thing to do in this case. Any kind of advise would be highly appreciated!