AT JAIPUR HC, LIC SAYS CHAIRMAN & MD ARE NEW - PLEADED FOR MORE TIME - COURT ALLOWED 10 DAYS TO LIC.
DEAR ALL,
MINE IS FREEDOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHAT TO DO. SILENT SOLDIERS DEFENDING PENSIONERS TO THE HILT & YEARNING TO STRIVE FOR FINAL VICTORY.
WELL, TODAY THO JAIPUR HC TOOK UP OUR CASE LATE, HON JUDGE SRI CHAUHAN WAS DIRECTING QUERIES TO BOTH COUNSELS ALTERNATELY WHEN COUNSEL FOR LIC WANTED TO GET TIME FOR REPLY, OUR COUNSEL Dr ABHINAV SHARMA PROTESTED SAYING, ALL ALONG ENOUGH TIME WAS GRANTED TO LIC, BUT AGAIN & AGAIN, FOR FRIVOLOUS REASONS,THEY BIDE TIME ADVERSELY AFFECTING PENSIONERS ALL THROUGH SEVERAL SITTINGS.
HON JUDGE ASKED LIC COUNSEL, WHEN HE SAID CHAIRMAN & MD ARE NEW & THEY NEED TIME TO GO THRO. OUR COUNSEL POINTED OUT SEVERAL REPLIES WERE ALREADY GIVEN BY TOP MGT & BASIC FACTS CANNOT CHANGE & SO WE MUST NOT GRANT TIME FOR THEM ANY MORE.
HON JUDGE ASKED OUR COUNSEL WHETHER WE WANT ANY PUNISHMENT ONLY TO BE GRANTED TO CONTEMNORS.TO WHICH OUR COUNSEL SAID, NOT IN THE LEAST, UR HONOUR, WE WANT ONLY THE CENTRAL POINT OF VERDICT IN JAIPUR HC GRANTING TWIN BENEFITS & THAT KERNEL OF A SALUTARY JUDGEMENT MUST BE MADE OPERATIONAL BY LIC WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.
ULTIMATELY WHEN LIC COUNSEL PLEADED FOR SOME TIME ATLEAST. HON JUDGE REMINDED HIM THAT HEREAFTER THEY SHD ENDEAVOUR TO COMPLETE THEIR ACTION TOWARDS FINAL END & NOT PROLONG. LIC COUNSEL AGREED & NOTICE PERIOD PLUS 1 WEEK IN ALL ABOUT 10 DAYS WAS GRANTED BY HON JUDGE. SO, IT LOOKS TO BE A POSITIVE, FORWARD-LOOKING VERDICT ONLY.
I MAY MENTION THIS IS WHAT I LISTENED ATTENTIVELY TO SRI ASTHANA ON PHONE LATE EVENING. NORMALLY IN COURT MATTERS, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXACTLY REPRODUCE THE HAPPENINGS.YET I MADE THIS ATTEMPT IN GOOD FAITH AS I NORMALLY DO, PERCEPTIONS MAY SLIGHTLY DIFFER BUT THE QUINTESSENCE REMAINS RIGHT.
GREETINGS, RBKISHORE, VP,AIRIEF