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C. HARI SHANKAR, GIRISH KATHPALIA
Ashok Hotel – Appellant
Versus
Triloki – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
LPA 1160/2024, CM APPL. 69276/2024, CM APPL. 69277/2024, CM APPL. 69278/2024, CM APPL. 69279/2024, CM APPL. 69280/2024 & CM APPL. 69281/2024
1. The respondent workman was terminated by the appellant. He instituted an industrial dispute which was disposed of, by the learned Labour Court, by award dated 24 March 2012. The learned Labour Court held that the respondent was an employee of the appellant and that he had been illegally terminated. Accordingly, the learned Labour Court awarded Rs. 1 lakh as compensation to the respondent in lieu of reinstatement.
2. The appellant never chose to challenge the said order.
3. However, the respondent workman, being aggrieved by the compensation awarded by the learned Labour Court, approached this Court by way of WP (C) 5227/2012.
4. By judgment dated 19 October 2022, the learned Single Judge has accepted the petition of the respondent workman and has enhanced the compensation awarded by the learned Labour Court from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh to be paid within eight weeks, failing which the amount would carry interest at the rate of 12% per annum.
5. It is this judgment which is now sought to be assailed in the present Letters Patent Appeal
The court emphasized the necessity of timely appeals and rejected the appellant's request for condonation of a 626-day delay due to lack of valid justification.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the interpretation and application of relevant sections of the Industrial Disputes Act, specifically regarding reinstatement and compensation in la....
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