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Indian Supreme Court pension ruling for military widow

Overview

The Supreme Court of India invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to grant extraordinary pension benefits to the widow of a General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) employee. The deceased officer had been posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra for actions taken during a strategic road construction project near the Sino-Indian border.

The Court directed the Union of India to provide a consolidated sum of ₹10 lakhs to cover the period from July 13, 2000, to July 12, 2015. This ruling extends benefits under the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939, ensuring relief is not limited to the three years preceding the filing of the writ petition.

Entities

Supreme Court of Pakistan · Bombay High Court · General Reserve Engineering Force · Chief Justice Yahya Afridi · Supreme Court of India

Timeline

  1. 5 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Supreme Court of India grants pension relief to widow of Shaurya Chakra awardee

    The Supreme Court of India used Article 142 to grant extraordinary pension benefits and ₹10 lakhs in relief to the widow of a Shaurya Chakra awardee who died in the line of duty.

  2. 16 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Pakistan Supreme Court rules widow entitled to pension over siblings

    Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that a widow, not siblings, is the rightful pension beneficiary of a deceased PESCO employee, reinforcing statutory pension rules.

Sources

migrationresearch.org · portfoliobuilder.com