DTC fought conductor for 32 years over Rs 67, now fined Rs 1 lakh by Delhi HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) for pursuing a 32-year-old dispute with a bus conductor over payment of 17 months' back wages, terming the prolonged litigation an abuse of the process of law.According to PTI report, Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed the DTC's challenge to a 2004 Industrial Tribunal order in favour of the conductor, observing that the department's continued litigation over the limited claim had resulted in avoidable expenditure of public money.The court, in its September 2 order, said the DTC could recover the costs from the officer responsible for pursuing what it described as an "insignificant dispute".