SUPREME COURT DEVELOPMENTS......

Readers of ‘LIC PENSIONERS CALICUT’ will recollect that the Supreme Court of India had passed the following order on 14^th NOVEMBER 2011 in which Supreme Court had directed LIC OF INDIA to deposit the amount due to the employees.

ITEM NO.37                                                                                                               COURT NO.6                                                                                   SECTION XV

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S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).29956-
29957/2011
(From the judgement and order dated 19/08/2011 in DBCRP No.
86/2011 & DBCRP No. 87/2011 of The HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT
JAIPUR)
L.I.C. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
KRISHNA MURARI LAL ASTHANA & ORS. ETC. Respondent(s)
(With prayer for interim relief and office report)
Date: 14/11/2011 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SINGHVI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSU JYOTI MUKHOPADHAYA

For Petitioner(s) Mr.Harish N.Salve, Sr.Adv.
Mr.R.Venkataramani, Sr.Adv.
Mr. A.V. Rangam,Adv.
Mr.Buddy A.Ranganadhan, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr.P.S.Narsimha, Sr.Adv.
Mr.R.K.Singh, Adv.
Mr.Abhinav Sharma, Adv.
Mr.Kumar Gaurav, Adv.
Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal,A.O.R.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Issue notice, returnable in ten weeks.
Shri R.K.Singh, learned co

unsel accepts notice on behalf
of the respondents.
In the meanwhile, the proceedings pending before the High
Court under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 shall remain stayed
subject to the condition that within eight weeks from today, the
petitioner shall deposit in the Registry of the High Court the
amount due to the employees.

(Satish K.Yadav) (Phoolan Wati Arora)
Court Master Court MasterSU

Supreme Court is very clear in its order that the petitioner (LIC) shall deposit in the Registry of High Court the amount due to the employees but it appears certain developments have taken place in Supreme Court and the Petitioners have taken the plea that contempt of court will rise only when a fixed amount is quantified as not paid.  In our case the amount payable to the pensioners is not clear and LIC, it appears, is not prepared to make calculations and arrive at the amount. Points involved are purely legal.

 

 

The contempt petition is now withdrawn with permission to seek clarification of the order dated 14-11-2011 (reproduced above) from Supreme Court itself.  A revised petition is being filed for this purpose.

 

 

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