The contempt petition came up today before Jaipur HC and it is learnt that LIC again sought time and the matter is posted for final hearing on 22/1/2014.
It is also informed that there is an imposition of cost of Rs. 30000 for LIC delaying reply and seeking adjournment. As of now no official confirmation is available, and we will await orders of the Court. However the final hearing is a matter of 6 days only, and we will wait for the outcome.
Re. Our further moves on court matters the consensus is in favour of our taking steps at SC level for speedy disposal of Pending appeals irrespective of the contempt action. We are therefore examining the options open to us.
Majority view is also that if LIC seeks transfer of our Kerala WP to SC we need not resist it. We further understand LIC may seek to get all cases filed in different HCs transferred to the Apex Court, that is, such contemplated transfer is not limited to our WP in Kerala. Meantime at the initiative of our president we are contemplating to meet the Chairman in a bid to break the stalemate. All are therefore requested to bear with us for sometime, till we finalise our programme soon.
Regards, GN Sridharan