Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 922 · Decided 17 December 2021
Pani Ram v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 922 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 1024
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2275/2019
- Decided
- 17 December 2021
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Territorial Army Act, 1948 - s.9 - Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961 - Chapters 3, 5 - Regulation Nos.173, 292 - Appellant having served in Infantry of the Regular Army was re- enrolled in the Territorial army - Met with an accident while leave to rejoin the duty - Right leg amputated upto knee - Disability assessed to be 80% - Appellant invalided out of service - Sought grant of disability pension - Claim rejected by Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) - Appellant applied for grant of leave to appeal
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