Hon’ble Delhi High Court slaps a fine of Rs.10,000/- on DoT..

It has become the practice of the DoT to find ways and means for not implementing the judgements being given by the courts. A classic example is the judgement delivered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, directing the DoT to issue Presidential Orders to the employees recruited and sent for training by the DoT, before the formation of BSNL. The DoT is implementing this judgement only for the employees who actually filed the case. This is nothing but dilution of the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Now, we are glad to know that, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has slapped a fine of ₹10,000/- on the DoT. All are aware that the Hon’ble Principal CAT, New Delhi, had delivered a landmark judgement on pension revision to BSNL retirees. Since the DoT did not implement the judgement, the pensioners’ associations have initiated contempt proceedings against the DoT. Under this situation, the DoT filed a petition in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, praying to stay the contempt proceedings. This case was heard in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court by Hon’ble Justice Rekha Palli and Hon’ble Justice Saurabh Banerjee. After hearing the pleadings of the DoT, the Hon’ble High Court refused to stay the contempt proceedings. Not only that, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has slapped a fine of ₹10,000/- on the DoT for each application it has filed. The Hon’ble Court has ordered that this fine amount will go to the High Court staff.