The Delhi High Court has declined to challenge the reinstatement order of a deceased DTC bus conductor who was terminated in 1991 due to a 15-day unauthorized absence. The court deemed the punishment of removal "shockingly disproportionate" and asserted that even reconsidering the penalty's quantum would serve no purpose as the conductor was no longer alive.

A bench led by then Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the appeal filed by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) against a 2003 labor court decision, which upheld the conductor's reinstatement with back wages.