Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 29 · Decided 8 February 1991
SMT. Violet Issac and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 29 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 282
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 653/1991
- Decided
- 8 February 1991
- Bench
- K.N. SINGH, P.B. SAWANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Civil Services-Pension Rules, 1964-Rule 801-Scope of-Family Pension-Entitlement of-Persons designated under the Rules entitled -Not employee's nominee-Whether could be bequeathed. On the death of a Railway employee, dispute arose among his wife, sons, daughters and brother for the family pension, civil suit in the court of Sub-Judge for a permanent injunction restraining the appellants-the wife, sons and daughter-from claiming or receiv­ ing any monetary benefits from the Railway Administration, contend­ ing that by a will dated 9.9.1984 of the deceased employee, he was entitled
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