Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 472 · Decided 8 April 2019
Madan Prasad Sinha @ Sanatan Baba v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 472 · [2019] 5 S.C.R. 761
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11485/2018
- Decided
- 8 April 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Armed Forces: Disability pension - Grant of - Appellant enrolled as Radio Mechanic in 1971 - Ten years later, appellant discharged from military service on account of being placed in a low medical category - Appellant sought grant of war injury pension, however, denied by 2014, appellant granted disability pension, for the period thereafter - Appellant seeking disability pension between 1996 and 2014 - On appeal, held: Chart assessing disability indicates that the extent of disability was determined at 20% for ten years with effect from 23 March 1994
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