VIJENDER SINGH. vs GLOBE DETECTIVE AGENCY PVT. LTD.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 04.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 7660/2023 VIJENDER SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rishi Nandy, Advocate versus GLOBE DETECTIVE AGENCY PVT. LTD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajat Arora and Mr. Sourabh Mahla, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of the present writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner assails (i) the order dated 21.12.2017 passed by the Labour Court whereby the petitioner’s right to cross-examine the management witnesses was closed, and (ii) the consequent award dated 03.06.2022 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court-III, Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi in LIR No. 1333/2016 (Old No. 140/2014), whereby the claim of the petitioner/workman was dismissed. 2. The challenge in the present petition is essentially founded on the ground that the impugned award rests entirely on un-cross-examined testimonies of the management witnesses, and that the denial of an effective opportunity of cross-examination has resulted in violation of the rights of the workman. 3. The petitioner was engaged by the respondent/management as a Security Guard in the year 1989. The case of the petitioner before the Labour Court was that his services were illegally terminated with effect Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NIJAMUDDEEN ANSARI W.P.(C) 7660/2023 Pg. 1 of 5 Signing Date:11.02.2026 19:11:03 from 07.09.2012, whereas the stand of the management was that the petitioner had voluntarily abandoned his services. 4. During the course of proceedings before the Labour Court, the petitioner examined himself as WW-1. Thereafter, the management examined two witnesses, namely MW-1 (Area Manager) and MW-2 (General Manager), who tende