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31. Insofar as unpaid wages are concerned, vide judgement dated 12th September, 2005, of this Court, Argha Sen vs. Interra Information Technologies (India) (P.) Ltd., (2005) ILR 2 Delhi 458, authored by Justice A.K. Sikri, it has been held that unpaid wages of an employee or workman would also constitute a debt and that it would make no difference if the said worker or employee has been terminated or has resigned from service. The said decision was also considered by a Full Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in which vide judgement dated 24th August, 2015 in Jonathan Allen vs. Zoom Developers Private Limited, AIR 2015 MP 152, authored by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, it has also been held that outstanding or unpaid wages/salary of workman/employee was a debt to be paid by Company and that the workman/employee was a Creditor of Company to extent of his unpaid wages and salary.