PRECISION SCIENTIFIC AND TESTING EQUIPEMNT PVT LTD vs BRAHMANAND GAUTAM

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 18.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 41/2026 and CM APPL.93/2026 PRECISION SCIENTIFIC AND TESTING EQUIPEMNT PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ishan Sachdeva, Advocate. versus BRAHMANAND GAUTAM .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT CM APPl.94/2026 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 41/2026 3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner assailing an award dated 14.11.2025 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court-IV, Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi in L.I.R No. 112/2024. 4. The Labour Court adjudicated the reference made under Section 10(1)(c) and 12(5) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred as “the IDA”) by the Deputy Labour Commissioner, New Delhi, in view of a complaint filed by the respondent/workman against the petitioner and directed the petitioner to pay a lumpsum compensation of Rs. 1,50,000/- to respondent/workman on account of violation of Section 25F of the IDA. 5. The petitioner in the present petition is a company which formerly Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 41/2026 Page 1 of 11 By:ABHISHEK THAKUR Signing Date:18.02.2026 18:53:05 manufactured testing machines and laboratory equipments. It is stated that the said company ceased its operations w.e.f. from 01.04.2023. The respondent/workman is stated to be a former employee of the petitioner. 6. The learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner submits that conclusion drawn upon in the impugned award is contrary to the evidence on record and based on mere conjectures and surmises. Therefore, the impugned decision is perverse and passed in violation of Section 11 of the IDA. 7. It is further submitted t