DHC ORDER ON 25.1.2017

$~15 to 23.
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 184/2007

FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICER .... Petitioner
Through Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajiv
K. Garg, Mr. Ashish Garg, Mr. Govind Singh & Ms.
Kavita Rawat, Advocates.
versus
UOI & ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Ms. Abha Malhotra & Mr. Sanjay Kumar Yadav,
Advocates for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.

W.P.(C) 3983/2016
MADAN LAL GANDHI AND ORS. ..... Petitioners
Through Mr. Jay Savla, Ms. Renuka Sahu, Mr. Rajpal
Singh & Mr. Bharat Aggarwal, Advocates.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Ripu Daman
Bhardwaj, CGSC, Ms. Abha Malhotra & Mr. T.P. Singh,
Advocates for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 3984/2016
KRISHNA MURARI LAL ASTHANA ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. Kumar Gaurav & Mr. P. Dayal, Advocates.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Ripu Daman
Bhardwaj, CGSC, Ms. Abha Malhotra & Mr. T.P. Singh,
Advocates for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 4894/2016
RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HYDERABAD ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. Saurav Agrawal, Mr. Ashish Tiwari & Mr.
Murthy, Advocates.
versus
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA AND ANR. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Vivek Goyal, CGSC for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 5868/2016
ALL INDIA INSURANCE PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION AND ORS...... Petitioners
Through Mr. Som Dutt Sharma, Advocate.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dev P.
Bhardwaj, CGSC for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 5903/2016
ALL INDIA RETIRED INSURANCE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. Nidesh Gupta, Sr. Advocate with Mr. R.K.
Singh & Mr. B.N. Dubey, Advocates.
versus
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA & ANR. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Bhagwan
Swarup Shukla,CGSC, Mr. Shambhu Chaturvedi & Mr.
Shekhar Gehlot, Advocates for UOI.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr. Surajit Bhaduri &
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 9440/2016
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA ..... Petitioner
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan
Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr.
Surajit Bhaduri & Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
versus
KRISHNA MURARI LAL ASTHANA & ORS. ..... Respondents
Through Nemo.
W.P.(C) 9441/2016
KRISHNA MURARI LAL ASTHANA & ORS. ..... Petitioners
Through Nemo.
versus
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA & ANR. ..... Respondents
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan
Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr.
Surajit Bhaduri & Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
W.P.(C) 9442/2016
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA & ORS. Petitioners
Through Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with Mr. Dayan
Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Mr.
Surajit Bhaduri & Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocates for LIC.
versus
KRISHNA MURARI LAL ASTHANA & ANR. ..... Respondents
Through Nemo.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR
O R D E R
% 25.01.2017
Learned senior counsel appearing for Life Insurance Corporation of India states
that he would be filing an additional affidavit within ten days clarifying certain aspects as
ambiguities and incorrect assertions have crept in the affidavit filed on 18th January,
2017.
Learned Solicitor General, who appears for Union of India, has also made a
statement that the Union of India would be filing their revised/corrected written
submissions within ten days.
Learned counsel for the petitioners state that they would be filing their response,
if any, to the affidavit(s) within seven days from the date revised/corrected affidavit is
filed.
Counsel for the writ petitioners submit that the Supreme Court vide order dated
16th January, 2017 has extended time uptil end of April 2017.
Re-list on 14th February, 2017.
Day-to-day hearing will be held till the matter is concluded.
SANJIV KHANNA, J.
CHANDER SHEKHAR, J.
JANUARY 25, 2017/VKR