justices R Subramanian and L Victoria Gowri ruled in favour of Karthikeyan by observing, “If some new and additional material is

justices R Subramanian and L Victoria Gowri ruled in favour of Karthikeyan by observing, “If some new and additional material is made available by some person and that too, 15 years after the first verification, we do not think that the beneficiary or employee could be harassed with a third or fourth enquiry on whims and fancies of the employer.” They also directed the LIC to pay all benefits to Karthikeyan within four months. But they pointed out that the LIC, in its affidavit, had suppressed the facts about the earlier verification done in 1990.

“We are dismayed, shocked and surprised at this kind of suppression made by a premier financial institution in the country. We hope that such incidents are not repeated for trifling favours from the Court,” the judges observed. They imposed Rs 2 lakh cost on LIC, with a direction to pay the amount to the Cancer Institute in Chennai. It is open to the corporation to recover the amount from the official concerned, who filed the affidavit, they added.