MOTOR & GENERAL FINANCE LIMITED vs DIRECTOR GENERAL & ANR

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 13.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on:28.11.2025 FAO 62/2018 & CM APPLs. 5963/2018, 5965/2018, 33919/2019 MOTOR & GENERAL FINANCE LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Mr. J.P. Sengh, Sr. Advocate alongwith Mr. Sunil Magon, Advocate Versus DIRECTOR GENERAL & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. K.P. Mavi, Advocate alongwith Mr. Arvind Kumar Bansal, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present appeal under Section 82(2) of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (the ESI Act), has been filed by the petitioner in ESI No. 72/16/05 on the file of SCJ-cum-RC, Central District, Tis Hazar Courts, Delhi, challenging the judgment dated 16.01.2017 whereby his petition filed under Section 75 of the ESI Act has been dismissed. The parties in this appeal will be referred 2. Brief facts of the case are as follows:- The petitioner is a Public Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913, which carried out the business of hire purchase between 02.10.1998 and 30.04.1989. A show cause notice dated 19.09.1989 was issued to the petitioner by the office of the respondents t