Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 144 · Decided 3 February 2022
Union of India v. Krishna Modi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 144 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 638
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 909/2022
- Decided
- 3 February 2022
- Bench
- VINEET SARAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Freedom Fighters - Pension - Scheme - Eligibility - Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 - Claim for pension under - Validity - Held: Claim of respondent no. 1 was, for the first time, made on 27.12.1982, whereas the Freedom Fighters in year 1972, which was only amended in the year 1980 - Hence, it cannot be said that the respondent filed his claim promptly - Under the said scheme, a person eligible for the benefit should have remained underground for more than six months - It is not understood as to how
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