HOW SAMADHAN SAMAROH WORKS
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In the Samadhan Samaroh, litigants with pending cases in the Supreme Court go through a voluntary, consent-based mediation process.
Parties engage in settlement meetings to resolve disputes amicably, which culminates in a Special Lok Adalat.
[1] The step-by-step process you will go through involves:
• Submission & Case Identification: Eligible cases (like family, motor accident, banking, and consumer disputes) are identified by the Supreme Court.
Parties can also request to include their pending matters using the online Supreme Court of India Portal.
[2] • Settlement Meetings: Before the Lok Adalat, meetings are arranged at local, district, or state mediation centers. You can attend these meetings either physically or virtually, so you don't need to travel to Delhi.
[3, ] • Mediation: Trained mediators and Legal Services Authority officials will help both parties communicate, dialogue, and agree on a mutual settlement.
1] • The Special Lok Adalat:
The process culminates in a Special Lok Adalat at the Supreme Court. If an agreement is reached, the case is officially settled, making the resolution fast, cost-effective, and legally binding.
C H Mahadevan
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AI Overview: The Supreme Court Case (M.C. Singla vs. Union of India)The Core Issue: Bank retirees are demanding uniform upgradation (revision) of their basic pension in line with wage settlements, similar to the formula applied to RBI and Central Government pensioners.Current Status: The case has been heard extensively by the Supreme Court, with the Court examining detailed comparative pension calculations across various retirement eras to ensure parity. LIC, DFS, and the Lok AdalatsThe LIC Parallel: The reason LIC is being frequently mentioned is that LIC pensioners recently secured favorable High Court verdicts regarding uniform Dearness Allowance (DA) and pension revision. However, legal experts clarify that LIC's cases differ fundamentally from banks because LIC Boards passed specific resolutions in the past, whereas bank pension calculations rely on uniformly applied, industry-wide Indian Banks' Association (IBA) rules.DFS & IBA Participation: The Department of Financial Services (DFS) and IBA are respondents in the M.C. Singla case and are generally represented collectively when defending against broad updation. However, their level of participation and settlement agreements in informal or local Lok Adalats often remains ambiguous because the central government views the matter as a legal policy decision. (In Lok Adalat there will be continuous sitting for 3days which never happend in SC all these days and is partly due to one or two senior counsels to scuttle it for what ever reasons. If all petitioners agree to a common counsel who need not be very costly just to plead on agreed terms of pensioners. No harm in atteding Lok Adalat where we can understand the mind of LIC/DFS there as well as at SC for a decade to come for final verdict at 2/3 member bench. Anyway Inservice and junior pensioners will get benefit at the cost of betrayal for 3 decades of seniors living/died or will be dying every day.)
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