Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 387 · Decided 6 May 2016
Santosh Devi v. Union of INDIA. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 387 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4853/2016
- Decided
- 6 May 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142
Headnote
417 SANTOSH DEVI v. UNION OF INDIA. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4853 of2016) MAY06,2016 [T. S. THAKUR, CJI AND R. BANUMATHI, J.) Family Pension - Entitlement - To the next of kin of deceased territorial army personnel - Who died in disembodied state and who had not put in pensionable service - rules no family pension is payable to the legal heir of a territorial army personnel, who died during disembodied state and who had not put in pensionable service - Howeve1; such rule has led to a patent anomaly - The authorities concerned, despite having taken note of such anomaly have not
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