M/S NITIKA FASHION AND ANR. ARATI MAHAJAN vs SURESH CHAND AND ANR. — W.P.(C)/9510/2018

Disposed: -- on 14th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 11-Sep-2018

CNR: DLHC012122622018

Filing Number

W.P.(C)/212262/2018

Filing Date

07-Sep-2018

Registration No

W.P.(C)/9510/2018

Registration Date

10-Sep-2018

Judge

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri

Coram

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri

Judicial Branch

APPELLATE SIDE

Decision Date

14-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--

Last updated 31-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.M/S NITIKA FASHION AND ANR. ARATI MAHAJAN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SURESH CHAND AND ANR.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani,hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar OhriView PDF

    The Delhi High Court allowed the petition by Nitika Fashion, holding that the Labour Court was not functus officio (without jurisdiction) merely because an ex-parte award had become enforceable. The court ruled that if sufficient cause for non-appearance is shown within reasonable time, the Labour Court must consider applications to set aside ex-parte awards, as the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is welfare legislation requiring compliance with natural justice principles. The matter was remitted to the Labour Tribunal to reconsider the management's application on merits. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani,hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri

  4. 22-Sep-2025

    Delhi High Court,hon'ble Mr. Justice Siddharth Mridul,hon'ble Mr. Justice Anish DayalView PDF

  5. 22-Jul-2025

    Delhi High Court,hon'ble Mr. Justice Siddharth Mridul,hon'ble Mr. Justice Anish Dayal

  6. 21-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta,hon'ble Mr. Justice Anish DayalView PDF

  7. 03-Dec-2024

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Girish KathpaliaView PDF

  8. 30-Jul-2024

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Shakdher,hon'ble Ms. Justice Tara Vitasta GanjuView PDF

  9. 06-Feb-2024

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chandra Dhari SinghView PDF

  10. 14-Dec-2020

    After Notice Misc. Matters

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva

  11. 26-Feb-2020

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev SachdevaView PDF

  12. 26-Feb-2020

    After Notice Misc. Matters

    Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha Palli

  13. 21-Aug-2019

    Cases Listed Before Registrars

    Registrar Sh. Lorren Bamniyal

  14. 29-Jul-2019

    Cases Listed Before Registrars

    Registrar Sh. Lorren Bamniyal

  15. 23-Jul-2019

    Cases Listed Before Registrars

    Registrar Sh. Lorren Bamniyal

  16. 09-Apr-2019

    Cases Listed Before Registrars

    Registrar Sh. Lorren Bamniyal

  17. 07-Jan-2019

    After Notice Misc. Matters

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru

  18. 09-Oct-2018

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vibhu BakhruView PDF

  19. 09-Oct-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  20. 11-Sep-2018

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sunil GaurView PDF

  21. 07-Sep-2018

    Case filed

    Registration No. W.P.(C)/9510/2018

casestatus.in Summary

The Delhi High Court allowed the petition by Nitika Fashion, holding that the Labour Court was not functus officio (without jurisdiction) merely because an ex-parte award had become enforceable. The court ruled that if sufficient cause for non-appearance is shown within reasonable time, the Labour Court must consider applications to set aside ex-parte awards, as the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is welfare legislation requiring compliance with natural justice principles. The matter was remitted to the Labour Tribunal to reconsider the management's application on merits. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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