SH SHAILENDER CHOPRA vs AIR INDIA LTD & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgement reserved on: 13.10.2025 Judgement delivered on: 29.10.2025 + LPA 15/2025 and CM APPL. 1123/2025 SH SHAILENDER CHOPRA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Shyam D. Nadan, Ms. Nandana Menon and Mr. Rohit Bohra, Advocates. versus AIR INDIA LTD & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Azeem Samuel, Ms. Mitakshara Goyal, Mr. Akhil Kulshrestha, Mr. Shivam Goel and Ms. Shrijeta Pratik, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGEMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J. 1. By way of the present Appeal, filed under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent read with Section 10 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, the Appellant herein seeks to challenge the Judgment and Order dated 08.08.20241 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in case bearing No. W.P. (C) No. 1342/2012, titled “Shailender Chopra v. National Aviation Company of India Limited & Anr.”, whereby the 1 Impugned Order Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA LPA 15/2025 Page 1 of 12 Signing Date:31.10.2025 16:52:08 Writ Petition filed by the Appellant herein came to be dismissed as being non-maintainable. 2. The Appellant‟s rights to take such further action as available under law were left open by permitting him to seek any remedy by instituting fresh proceedings before the concerned forum. While dismissing the petition as being non-maintainable, the learned Single Judge also clarified that the Appellant would be entitled to the benefit available under Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 in respect of pendency of the Writ Petition. 3. The learned Single Judge also made it evident that no adjudication had been done on the merits of the matter, and the