Ref AIRIEF/Cir.no.42
Date:3Rd February 2026
To, All RIEAs/LICPWAs affiliated to AIRIEF........
As you are aware that our case had gained a momentntum after the regular hearing began in August 2025 before the Bench of Hoon'ble justices S/Shri JK Maheshwari and Bishnoi. In order that the hearing is concluded as early as possible, the bench avoided granting long adjournments sought by the AG and Sr Advocate of LIC, insisted on a common compilation of submissions of all the parties and the supporting documennts, and also specified the time and sequence for the petitioners' advocates..
When our case was to be taken up for hearing on 3rd December 2025, the bench informed our Sr Addv that the case could not be taken for hearing on that day but would be taken up in the third week of January 2026. However, the case was listed for 4th February 2026. Everyone showed great amount of patience for two months. As the ill luck would have it, we found that the Bench has been reconstituted. Consequently, it was found that our case did not get listed for hearining on 4TH February 2026.
Our legal team immediately rushed to Delhi for consultation with our Sr Advocate in view of this unfortunate development at this crucial juncture. Shri RK Singh, Junior Advdvocate, arranged a meeting with ourr Sr Advocate in the evening of 3rd Febrbruary 2026. Accordingly, our team met with him at his office and impressed upon him the urgency of prompt conclusion of the hearing and discussed various aspects of the present impasse and how to put our case back on track. Our team was informed by him that the matter of hearing our part-heard case by a special bench of original judges or by a new bench has been referred to the Hon'ble CJI as per the Court procedure in respect of such cases.
Our Sr Advocate further assured our team that he would make an oral mention before Hon'ble Shri Maheshwari ji. He was also of the opinion that our case would most likely be heard by a bench presided over by Hon'ble Shri Maheshwari and in that case, the hearing would not stretch for a long time.
Friends, you will appreciate that our legal team is agile to the changed circumstances which is what has driven them to rush to Delhi and consult our Sr. Counsel.
With fraternal greettings,
General Secretary
(Ranjan Dey Sarkar) General Secretary
1 comment:
It is a repeat of what happened in TN Temp Emp case at SC 3 member bench after two member Gopala Gowda bench awarded 3500 crores compensation to them after review petition by LIC reducing 50% first awarding 7000 crores in the judgment. LIC/GOI managed CJI to approve 3 member bench for the appeal even after 25 years of litigation. There is no constitutional point in appealing against it. It is simply to avoid financial drain from a PSU. Unfortunately counsel for them may not aware of lakhs and lakhs crores of windfall profit given by LIC to GOI and win the case at 3 member bench which simply said that employees should be appointed through competitive exam and not regularising temp. employees. It simply awarded a compensation of Rs 50000 per year of service. TUs are aware that millions and millions of temp. emp were regularised in both private and public sector particularly more at SBI during 78+ years of freedom. AIIEA collaborated with LIC /GOI as south zone council of AILICEF supported temp. emp during the trial as union rivalry and make AILICEF as minuscule. Now judiciary don't want financial burden for a successful LIC by awarding may be one lakh crore or more to put in pension fund for purchase of annuities to give a judgment like pro-labour Gopala Gowda or Krishnaiyer. So present 2 member bench wants to hand over the responsibility to some other 2/3/5 member benches with the consent of CJI who is not aware of the fact of nearly 10 lakh crores of windfall profit given to GOI by LIC as Nidesh Gupta or any other senior counsel had not reiterated the important fact of windfall profit. No retiree see this vital fact and make their mentors retrace from being anti- worker, anti-promotion, anti-pension and its upgradation. So Karma punished already punished 50000 retirees died with stagnation wages with no pension with pittance and punishing every 5 years in a staggered manner respect of may be one lakh retirees. Every one has selfish genes for survival and fittest alone will survive as per Darwin's theory of evolution.
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