M/S AMAZON DISTRIBUTORS (P) LTD vs AJAY TIWARI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 14.01.2026 W.P.(C) 17481/2022 and CM APPL. 55773/2022 M/S AMAZON DISTRIBUTORS (P) LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Om Prakash Gupta, Advocate versus AJAY TIWARI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Rahul Sagar Sahay, Mr.Raghav Rajmalani and Mr.Pratham Arora, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks setting aside of the award dated 08.03.2022 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘impugned award’), passed by Authority under the Delhi Shops & Establishment Act, 1954 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘the Act’), in SE/ED/19/2020/12013. Notably, vide the impugned award passed on 08.03.2022, the petitioner was directed to pay the respondent, a sum of Rs.50,291/-, being the respondent’s due earned wages alongwith additional compensation of Rs. 2,000/- as a penalty imposed upon the petitioner for illegally withholding his wages for the period 01.12.2019 to 15.01.2020. The petitioner was further directed to pay the said amount within 30 days from the date of passing of the impugned order, failing which recovery proceedings would be initiated as per the provisions