DTC Fought Conductor for 32 Years over Rs 67 Fare and His Wages, Now Fined Rs 1 Lakh by Delhi HC
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DTC fought conductor for 32 years over Rs 67 fare and his wages, now fined Rs 1 lakh by Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has imposed a fine of one lakh rupees on the Delhi Transport Corporation for its relentless pursuit of a thirty-two-year-old legal battle involving a bus conductor. The court criticized the drawn-out litigation as an abuse of the legal system. The conductor had been seeking seventeen months of unpaid wages following his dismissal, while the court dismissed DTC's challenge to a tribunal ruling.
Rs 67 fare but why Rs 1 lakh fine? Delhi HC slams DTC after 32-year dispute
The Delhi High Court has fined the Delhi Transport Corporation Rs 1 lakh for continuing a 32-year-old dispute with a bus conductor over back wages linked to a Rs 67 fare case, calling the prolonged litigation an abuse of legal process.
The Delhi High Court has fined Rs one lakh to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which has waged a 32-year legal battle against the conductor in a ticket distribution dispute of just Rs 67. The action is due to the misuse of public money in a trivial matter. The Court also upheld the Industrial Tribunal judgment in favour of the conductor.
The Delhi High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) for dragging on a dispute of just Rs 67 for 32 years.
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