Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pregnant Journalist's Plea Seeking FIR Against Rahul Gandhi Over Alleged Assault In SC March

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pregnant Journalist's Plea Seeking FIR Against Rahul Gandhi Over Alleged Assault In SC March

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CHARTER OF DEMANDS SUBMITED BY FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ON 26.10.2026 TO LIC ED(PERSONNEL)

CHARTER OF DEMANDS SUBMITED BY FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ON 26.10.2026 TO  LIC CEO

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MEETING AT CENTRAL OFFICE

 MEETING AT CENTRAL OFFICE 

Dear Members, 

               We have been trying for a very long time to have a meeting with the CEO/ MD/ ED(P), to discuss with them on various pending issues of the Pensioners, but were  not getting any response from the C.O  authorities.Fortunately 

I got an invitation from the Pune Unit to attend their 1st AGM on 24.10.26. Accepting their invitation, I decided to return from there via Mumbai, with an intention, to visit the C. O and impose  upon  myeslf  on the C. O. Authorities, despite their avoidance. A   message was sent by our President to MD & ED(P) that the GS of Federation ( S. K. Awasthi) will be in Mumbai  on 26th & 27th Oct 26 to discuss the pensioners issues, better allot  a suitable time for the discussion.  The trick paid dividend. The ED(P) sent a message through an Officer of the Personnel Deptt. that the meeting is fixed at 11 AM on 26.10.26 with her. I drafted a CHARTER OF DEMANDS for the Pensioners, in consultation with our senior leaders like Sri O. P. Vashistha and Sri D. P. Singh ji, the Treasurer , which  our team consisting of Sri D. S. Mukadam EC member & Secretary of Mumbai Unit., Sri Chandra Shekhar ji EC member & Secretary of Lucknow Unit( accompanied me from Pune) and Me, submitted to ED( P) , as the CEO & MD Sri Doraiswamy and Sri R. Chander, MD were not available at the Central Office. We discussed thread bare on all the 22 Issues  of Charter of Demands with the ED(P) . She tried to understand our perspective on different issues and was quite responsive. Though she did not spell out anything  specifically on the issues, but gave  a hint that some sort of positive Churning is going on at the top level to resolve the issues of Pensioners, including the Updation of Pension. This is an appreciable positive change in the attitude of LIC Management towards the pensioners' problem. This time we have added two more Demands that of 

OLD AGE HOMES FOR PENSIONERS  and LTC facility to Pensioners. The ED(P) was  quite receptive to these demands. In addition to ED(P)  Madam Latha Madampath we discussed with ED(OS) Sri Kelkar ji on the issues of (1.) Pension Payment Order on retirement(2) I. D Cards to Family Pensioners. (3) Verification by the pensioner on the Existence Certificate of another pensioner

(4) Observance of Pensioners Day in a structured and uniform manner ,on pan India basis. 

  On the whole the meeting and  the discussions were quite Constructive, We hope some our demands may see the light of the day  in the near future. Unfortunately Our President Sri Ravishankar Prasad ji and Sri Humraskar ji could not be part of Our delegation, as they were out of Mumbai for their various compulsions. We spent almost the whole day at C.O, meeting various other EDs also. 

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Satyamev Jayate

     S. K. Awasthi

 General Secretary  

Camp Mumbai

26.10.26

Presentation of Mr. Nageswara Rao, Party-in-Person, before the Hon’ble Supreme Court

 UPDATION OF PENSION

Presentation of Mr. Nageswara Rao, Party-in-Person,

before the Hon’ble Supreme Court

Mr. Nageswara Rao appeared as a party-in-person in I.A. No. 3731 of 2026. He sought to draw the attention of the Hon’ble Supreme Court to what he considered crucial documentary evidence in support of the claim for pension updation, the Minutes of the Small Committee meeting held on 26 March 1994 and a subsequent communication confirming that the changes recorded under Items 1 to 4 of those minutes had been incorporated into the Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations.

When Mr. Nageswara Rao began making submissions concerning the MoU, the Bench observed that the issue had already been argued by other counsel and asked him what additional submissions he wished to make. He responded that he wanted to bring an important document to the Court’s attention. When asked to identify it, he directed the Bench to the relevant pages of the record and identified the Minutes of the Small Committee meeting. Rather than repeat the general arguments on pension updation, he sought to establish his case through this specific documentary evidence.

Mr. Nageswara Rao explained that the Small Committee had considered four aspects, which were classified under different categories, including matters submitted, substituted, accepted and those requiring further discussion or clarification. Referring to the relevant pages of the record, including pages 11, 17 and 4, he highlighted the statement that the draft circulated had been mutually accepted by the parties and referred to the points subsequently discussed and accepted.

He then drew attention to two matters recorded in the minutes. The first concerned part-time employees and scale wages, including the treatment of the relevant service for pension purposes. When he referred to this point, the Bench observed that it was not relevant to his case. He accordingly proceeded to the second point, which he considered central to the pension-updation issue.

Mr. Nageswara Rao highlighted the proposal that the formula for updating pension should be on the lines of the formula applicable under the Reserve Bank of India pension scheme. He also referred to the accompanying words concerning any change in that formula. He emphasised that this was an accepted proposal directly concerning the method of pension updation and submitted that its significance had to be examined in the context of the subsequent documents and the Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations.

His central question was whether the accepted proposal concerning the RBI pension-updation formula had been incorporated into the governing regulations and, if so, what legal consequences followed from that incorporation.

Mr. Nageswara Rao next addressed the legal significance of the Small Committee Minutes. He referred to the previous agreement, the settlement and joint note involving the Indian Banks’ Association and the bank employees’ organisations, and the role of the Small Committee in the process leading to the pension regulations.

 

Invoking the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and the provisions governing settlements and conciliation proceedings, he argued that the minutes had statutory significance and could not be treated merely as an informal record of discussions. He also referred to the applicable industrial rules and the role of the conciliation officer.

His submission was that the conciliation officer had transmitted the relevant report together with the minutes and associated documents. On that basis, he contended that the Union of India could not simply ignore the documentary record without examining its origin, the circumstances in which it had been prepared and transmitted, and its relationship with the governing pension regulations.

Mr. Nageswara Rao further relied on the signatures appearing on the Small Committee Minutes to support his argument concerning their authenticity and significance. He identified representatives associated with the IBA, including S/Shri B.D. Chiswitra, A.K. Bakshi, K.V. Krishnamurthy, K. Ganesh and K. Purnanand Sethi. He also referred to representatives of the bank employees’ unions, including Mr. Chakravarty of the All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) and Mr. P. Lakshminarsaiah of the National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE).

He pointed out that, despite the signatures of the IBA’s representatives appearing on the minutes, the IBA denied having signed the document. He contended that the IBA could not disown a document bearing the signatures of its representatives. He maintained that the document’s origin, the signatures of the parties and its connection with the relevant proceedings were material to determining its authenticity and legal effect.

The most significant part of Mr. Nageswara Rao’s presentation concerned the subsequent communication to which he directed the Bench’s attention on page 90. He referred to the General Secretary of AIBEA, who, according to his submission, was also the General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Bank Employees’ Association. He relied on the communication concerning the Small Committee meeting held on 26 March 1994, which stated that the minutes and the Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations had to be read together to understand the regulations.

He then submitted about the concluding note at the bottom of the page, which stated:

“The changes under item 1 to 4 of the minutes have been duly incorporated in the regulations.”

The Bench acknowledged the passage and invited attention to its concluding line. Mr. Nageswara Rao relied on this statement as an express documentary link between the decisions recorded in the Small Committee Minutes and the provisions of the pension regulations.

At the conclusion of the proceedings, Mr. Nageswara Rao again emphasised that the Small Committee should not be undermined or its significance disregarded. The Bench responded by describing the Small Committee as the “clinching committee.” This exchange underscored the importance he attached to the minutes and their relationship with the regulations.

Overall significance of his presentation

The distinctive feature of Mr. Nageswara Rao’s intervention was his attempt to establish the pension-updation claim through specific documentary evidence rather than merely repeat the general submissions already advanced by other counsel. He highlighted the accepted proposal concerning the RBI pension-updation formula, relied on the signatures of representatives of the IBA and the bank employees’ organisations, invoked the statutory framework governing settlements and conciliation proceedings, and drew attention to the AIBEA General Secretary’s communication stating that the minutes and the regulations had to be read together.

The central issue raised by his intervention was whether the claim for pension updation could be properly determined without examining the Small Committee Minutes dated 26 March 1994, the subsequent communication and the relevant provisions of the Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations together.

His presentation sought to establish that the Small Committee was the crucial documentary link between the accepted proposal concerning pension updation and the regulatory framework governing bank employees’ pensions. The legal effect of that documentary link would depend on the precise wording of the minutes, the changes actually incorporated into the regulations and the applicable law.

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PIB::English rendering of PM’s address in the 139th Episode of Mann Ki Baat on 25.10.2026

English rendering of PM’s address in the 139th Episode of Mann Ki Baat on 25.10.2026 

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शुभ शरद पूर्णिमा

 

CHAT GPT COMPARISION OF LIC PENSION RULES 1995 & GIC PENSION RULES

In the context of the tagging of the New India Pensioners' WP with our CA No 3467 0f 2024, I asked Chat GPT to give a tabulated comparison of  both sets of pension rules in a tabulated form.

Majority  of the rules are corresponding ones with a few differing only in numbers.

This will be helpful for our counsel to identify common grounds for supporting our prayer for pension upgradation.

THis write up is worth sharing with all our Senior Counsel under the Civil Appeals.

C H Mahadevan

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BREAKING | Delhi High Court Rejects Neha Bora's Plea Against Peace Bond Notice Amid Anti-CEC Protests

BREAKING | Delhi High Court Rejects Neha Bora's Plea Against Peace Bond Notice Amid Anti-CEC Protests

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Expected 8th CPC DA/DR from July 2026 – 8वें वेतन आयोग में जुलाई 2026 से 2% DA/DR का अनुमान: गणना और पूरी तालिका

Expected 8th CPC DA/DR from July 2026 – 8वें वेतन आयोग में जुलाई 2026 से 2% DA/DR का अनुमान: गणना और पूरी तालिका 
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Tagging of New India Assurance Co Pensioners case

 I had a long chat with Chat GPT about the implications of tagging of the New India pensioners' WP 1263 of 2026  with CA No 3467 of 2024 and also the possible edge that LIC pensioners may be having  on account of the Board Resolution, especially in the context of the prospective effect recommended by the Board.As per my chat with ChatGPT legal and constitutional grounds will determine the possible relief from the SC verdict and once success is achieved thereon,  then only we can and should focus separately on a suitable effective date if LIC/UOI try to influence the Apex Court to restrict arrears payable.

Grant of notional Increment on 1st July/1st January to the Armed Forces Personnel who are retiring/retired on 30th June/31st December respectively: MoD Order

Grant of notional Increment on 1st July/1st January to the Armed Forces Personnel who are retiring/retired on 30th June/31st December respectively: MoD Order 

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VV OCTOBER,2026 HINDI Edition

Final Varishtha Vaani OCTOBER 2026 edition -Printed and Digital.

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P B Toke
Chief Editor
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CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Withdraw From Delhi High Court Plea Challenging Judicial Custody

CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Withdraw From Delhi High Court Plea Challenging Judicial Custody

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Productivity Linked Bonus for the Accounting Year 2025-26 – Corrigendum regarding GDS: Department of Posts

Productivity Linked Bonus for the Accounting Year 2025-26 – Corrigendum regarding GDS: Department of Posts 

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Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Plea Against Judicial Custody : Live Updates From Delhi High Court

Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Plea Against Judicial Custody : Live Updates From Delhi High Court
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Chat GPT thread on Board Resolution ,Rule 56, CCS Pension Rules etc

I attach the thread of my interaction with Chat GPT on he above.

C H Mahadevan

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Analysis of M C SINGLA CASE-Chat GPT

I saw the Chat GPT analysis on M C Singla case posted in your blog . After going through the same, I  raised some queries   which were responded to by Chat GPT. I attach the thread of my queries and responses bt Chat GPT for your information.

C H Mahadevan 

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PIB::Prime Minister greets everyone on the occasion of Vijayadashami

Prime Minister greets everyone on the occasion of Vijayadashami 

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Analyse Singla Case Hearing

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Analyse Singla Case Hearing

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PIB::PRESIDENT OF INDIA’S GREETINGS ON THE EVE OF VIJAYADASHAMI

PRESIDENT OF INDIA’S GREETINGS ON THE EVE OF VIJAYADASHAMI 

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HAPPY DUSSEHRA

BREAKING | Executive Magistrate Extends CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka's Judicial Custody By Two Days

BREAKING | Executive Magistrate Extends CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka's Judicial Custody By Two Days

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