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Justice at last — 34 years later

New Delhi: A Delhi court has pronounced its verdict in favour of a private firm executive 34 years after he filed a complaint against his dismissal.

Civil Judge Vikram passed the decree worth over Rs. 22,000 plus interest on it in favour of the Amritsar-based private firm's former manager Gobind Ram, oblivious how it would implement the judgment despite its failure to secure the presence of the two parties before it to pursue their cases after November 1996.

“Final stages

of argument”

“The evidence in the case was over in July 4, 1985. Thereafter, revision against closing of evidence was also dismissed on November 4, 1996.

“For these many years the suit was pending at the stage of final arguments,” the court noted while deciding the case in favour of Gobind Ram, who stopped attending the court after 1996.

“No advocate from either side addressed arguments. Even notices were sent, but no one appeared to address arguments. Therefore the findings on issues will be given without hearing arguments,” the court said while passing its judgment.

Allegations

The court awarded the relief to Gobind Ram who had alleged that Taneja Skins Co. Private Ltd. based in Sadar Bazaar in the Capital had sacked him in February 1975 after paying him salary only up to October 1974. — PTI

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