For Mr BD Bhargava & Others who share his justifiable disgust (He was my one time Boss – I was reporting to him from Fiji)
1. Final Hearing of our cases
resumed on 30 Sept.
2. LIC engaged Solicitor
General of India. He was there and also not there.
3. Arguments took place for
about 90 minutes somewhat informally.
4. Two Sr Advocates placed
the case of the Jaipur Petitioners before the Bench.
5. On three points briefly
touched by Mr Nidhesh Gupta, (one of the Sr Counsel), Justice Misra, indicated
his disagreement, (as I noticed but
Mr Asthana thinks otherwise).
6. Mr Nidhesh Gupta then told
the Bench that he is going to argue his case under Art 14 of the Constitution
of India etc.,
7. Judge appeared to be
positively inclined to pension up-gradation from the way in which he briefly
set the course to LIC to argue.
8. Adjourned to 18 Nov 2015,
to be on top of the part-heard cases that day.
9. A long way to go but we are in control, for sure.