Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 54 · Decided 4 February 2003
Union of India & ORS. v. Dhir Singh China, Colonel (RETD.)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 54 · [2003] 1 S.C.R. 779
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6407/2002
- Decided
- 4 February 2003
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law: Armed Forces-Pension Regulations; Regulation 53: c Disability Pension to a retired military officer-Entitlement t<>-Held, -+ since in the opinion of Medical Board disabilities which incumbent/pensioner was suffering v.1ere neither allributable to nor aggravated by 1nilitary to benefit of disability pension-Regulotion 53 not attracted- Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pension Awards, 1982; Rule 4 . D . ( Respondent-pensioner, a military officer, was suffering from disability to the extent of 60% at the time of his retirement. The Medical Board opined that
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