JAIPAL vs M/S SPICEJET LTD & ANR.

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 21st AUGUST, 2025 IN THE MATTER OF: + LPA 531/2025 JAIPAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Dan Bahadur Yadav, Mr. Sauraj Yadav, Mr. Satyavijay Yadav, Advocates versus M/S SPICEJET LTD & ANR ......Respondents Through: Ms. Nitika Bhutani, Advocate (Panel Counsel) for R-2/GNCTD CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT (ORAL) SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J. 1. Challenge in the present appeal is to the Order dated 09.05.2025, passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(C) 2075/2025. 2. The facts, in brief, leading to the present Appeal are as under: a. It is the case of the Appellant that he was appointed as Technician Man with the Respondent No.1 herein in 1994. As per the Appellant, when he first joined Respondent No.1, it was running in the name & style of M/s Modiluft Ltd. (M.G. Express Ltd.) and thereafter, the Respondent No. 1 transferred the Appellant to M/s Royal Airways and finally the name of the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed LPA 531/2025 Page 1 of 11 By:RAHUL SINGH Signing Date:30.08.2025 17:18:21 company was changed to M/s Spicejet Ltd. b. It is stated that services of the Appellant herein were terminated by the Respondent No.1 on 01.01.2002. It is the case of the Appellant that he was terminated without disclosing the reasons of termination and further he was also not paid his earned wages from 01.11.2001 till his termination. Consequently, the Appellant filed claims before the Conciliation Officer and on failure of the Conciliation Proceedings, the appropriate government vide order dated 28.08.2006 referred the following question to the industrial dispute :- “Whether the action of the management of Modiluf/Royal Airways/Spice Jet Ltd. in