$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 1215/2024, CM APPL. Nos.73737-73740/2024 GA DIGITAL WEB WORLD PVT. LTD. .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sudhanshu Kathuria and Ms. Puja Sethi, Advs.

versus SMT. YASHWANTI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ankit Dwivedi, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA JUDGMENT (ORAL)

% 16.12.2024 C.HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. The appellant in this appeal is only aggrieved by the direction of the learned Single Judge to the appellant to pay litigation expenses of ₹

30,000/- to the Respondent 1 workman.

2. We have heard Mr. Kathuria, learned counsel for the appellant at length.

3. Mr. Kathuria’s submission – which is also the sole ground of challenge in the appeal – is that the appellant is not the employer of Respondent 1 and that the Labour Court erred in so holding.

4. He submits that the learned Single Judge has directed payment of litigation expenses by his client without examining this aspect.

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5. The principle of payment of litigation expenses is predicated on the requirement of the unsuccessful litigant before the Tribunal, who challenges t