When just 5 paise can let you fight a legal battle for 41 years

The 5 paise coin had been out of circulation for decades. But this is exactly the amount on which 73-year-old Ranveer Singh Yadav has been fighting the case for more than 40 years. Lakhs of rupees have been spent over the years by both parties as legal fees, with the Delhi Transport Corporation as the complainant.

Back in 1973, Mr. Yadav worked as the conductor of the DTC bus. The charge against him was that he charged a female passenger 15 paise, gave her a ticket of 10 paise and gave an additional 5 rupees.Following an allegation of investigating the employees on the bus, an internal investigation took place and in 1976 he was dismissed.Although Mr. Yadav won a case in Labor Court in 1990, in which his dismissal was illegal, the transport body appealed the following year. Till now, it was Rs. 47,000 to contest the case.

Mr. Yadav said that my children also used to ask me if I cheated. "I will be in pain to convince those I have not cheated ... other people go on pilgrimage, I am going to court."

When the High Court rejected the DTC's petition in January this year, it allowed the transport body to pay Rs. 30,000 to Mr. Yadav. The court ruled that CPF should be paid a gratuity of Rs 22 lakh and another Rs 37 lakh as CPF.

During the hearing, the court asked the DTC how many lakhs have been spent on litigation to recover 5 paise.

"There is a case where the defendant has been fighting a long battle with the DTC for more than 40 years and has not reaped the fruit despite winning the case in the Labor Court and High Court," the court said. said.

Mr. Yadav's wife Vimala said, "Whether the case is of 5 paise or 2 paise, the way we have been punished for it is lakhs of rupees. Even the currency has disappeared, but We are still stranded. "

The High Court had asked DTC to pay Yadav a gratuity of 6 lakhs and other benefits and said, "Here is a case where the defendant has been fighting a long battle with DTC for more than 41 years And despite winning the case in Labor court. Court, he has not been able to cut the fruits. "

Here a legal maxim is fully enforced "Justice delayed is justice denied" Ranveer Singh Yadav has spent 41 years of his life to prove that he has not cheated anyone for 5 paise. And the value of that 5 paise was given to him for 41 years of life and legal battle of millions of rupees. .