Delhi high court slams NTC for filing 'frivolous' petition

The Delhi high court slammed state-owned National Textile Corporation (NTC) and imposed a cost of Rs50,000 for filing a "frivolous" petition challenging each and every trial court order in an eviction proceeding against it.

Dismissing the petition filed by NTC, justice VB Gupta directed the PSU to deposit the amount with the registrar general of high court within four weeks.

"Frivolous litigation clogs the wheels of justice, making it difficult for courts to provide easy and speedy justice to genuine litigants. Public Sector undertakings should not indulge in mindless litigation and unnecessary waste of time and public money...," justice Gupta said.

The court directed the NTC, a sick company, to collect the amount from the salaries of delinquent officials who have been pursuing this litigation.

The court order came on a petition filed by NTC challenging the March 18 order of a civil court dismissing its plea to restrain one Kunj Behari Lal, who rented his Laxmi Nagar property to the company to run the office on lease, from initiating recovery proceedings against it as the company is sick.