M/S SANJAY PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD. vs SH. SURESH KUMAR

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 1480/2019 & CM Appls.40302/2019, 47482/2019 M/S SANJAY PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Dewan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Anish Dewan, Mr. Nikhil Goel and Ms. Arshia Kohli, Advocates versus SH. SURESH KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. V.N. Jha, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of the present Writ Petition under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, being aggrieved by the grant of the award in favour of the workman the vide award dated 22.09.2018 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Presiding Officer, Labour Court no. XIX, Dwarka Courts, Delhi in LIR No. 7903/16, has preferred the present petition. 2. The workman, in his statement of claim filed under section 10 (4A) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 claimed that he was appointed as a Senior Machine Operator on 03.06.2010, and that his last drawn salary was Rs.23,000/-. He alleged that neither any appointment letter nor any statutory benefits under the Labour laws were provided to him. It was further claimed that upon demanding such statutory benefits, he was threatened by the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PREM W.P.(C) 1480/2019 Page 1 of 4 MOHAN CHOUDHARY Signing Date:27.01.2026 19:40:21 proprietor Sanjay Sehgal and was further compelled to sign blank documents. According to the workman, his services were illegally terminated on 13.08.2015. The Management, on the other hand, took the defence that the workman had abandoned his job after his demand for a loan of Rs. 1,00,000/- was declined though on an earlier occasion, a loan of Rs. 50,000/- was advanced to him. However, no documentary evidence in support of