Dear friends,
For your information I am quoting below the order of the Hon’ble High Court passed in the Contempt petition on 28/10/2013:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R.S. CHAUHAN
Petitioner Mr. Krishna Murari Lal Asthana present in person
Mr. R.N. Mathur, Senior Counsel with Mr. Arun Sharma, for the respondent.
An application has been filed (Application No. 23445/
2013) for extension of time for filing reply.
For the reasons stated in the application the application is, hereby allowed.
Learned counsel for the applicants seeks four weeks’ time to file reply on behalf of newly added respondents No. 6, 7 and 8.
Time prayed for is, hereby granted.
List this case on 29th November, 2013, as prayed.
Sd. R.S. Chauhan, J.
It is to inform you and all concerned that this time has been allowed in the Contempt Petition No. 760/2012 for replying to the notice issued by the Court directing the Chairman, Managing Director and Executive Director on 30/8/2013 to “show cause as to why they should not be punished for willful disobedience of the judgment dated 12/1/2010” on the application made by me after the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissing the SLPs of LIC.
There is nothing wrong after discussions for about half an hour the Court said that before taking any action against them one more opportunity may be given.
It is to be informed that there are only two alternatives open to them either to say that they are not complying with the judgment, which will confirm their contempt punishable under the Contempt of Courts Act or in the alternative to submit their compliance meaning either payment or issue of Circulars for this purpose. Any delay in payment will entail interest for the delayed payment.
It is also floated that the payment will be made to only the Petitioners in Rajasthan HC, that is also not correct because now the judgment is the Hon’ble SC and that applies to whole of the Country besides the Delhi HC judgment which has been made this benefit to be applicable in rem, meaning to one and all notwithstanding the judgment dated 12/1/2010 does not make it applicable to only the Petitioners but to “the pensioners”. The details of the orders are given in the message of Shri HK Aggarwal of Chandigarh, which may be referred.
There have been rumours floated by these mischievous mind to confuse minds with the sole purpose of harassing and misleading for their own purpose of taking credit of what has not been done by them and recovering money in the name of levy. Such persons show their smartness in the aspects of law though they are empty of mind or they are motivated by vicious circles. There is a leader of an Association who is acting wholly and solely for the cause of the LIC and not for the pensioners though he declares himself to be a wellwisher of Pensioners. It is being tried by such persons that the pensions be revised only upto 31/7/1997. He is not interested in further revisions....
There is no question of retreating back from the fight which we have won upto the hilt and only small blockade is there, which will also be overcome shortly.
With best wishes.
KML Asthana