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“The deceased employee had rendered continuous daily waged service for 13 years from 1985 till his regularization, which worked out to be 2 years regular service after giving weightage of 1-year regular service in lieu of 5 years of daily wages service, and had rendered 9 years of regular service, making it a total of 11 years.”
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“Pension has always been characterized as a matter of right and not charity or bounty. When it comes to extending the benefit for the mentally disabled, the authority must exhibit alacrity. Such an approach alone would subserve and effectuate the benevolent object with which the statutory rules have been formulated. They should be seen as one more facet of Article 21 of the Constitution.”
“Even if the name of family members are not mentioned in the service book, even then they can apply for family pension to which they would be entitled, if they are qualified as per the Pension Rules.”
After perusing the Government order of the Labour and Employment Department, Madras High Court noted that the family pension of the deceased employee need not be considered while assessing the family’s income.
“The family pension scheme is socio-economic requirement of the Constitution of India which is a welfare State one and the object of introduction of the scheme of family pension is to assist the dependent of the deceased employee/pensioner or his/her family.”
The High Court opined that pension being a very valuable right, the legislature in its wisdom, had incorporated Rule 22 of the 1969 Rules, so that a pensioner survives till the allegations attain finality.
On 18-9-2023, the Ministry of Finance approved a series of welfare measures for the benefit of Life Insurance Corporation of India (‘LIC’)
“To be truly unified both in form and in substance, there must be integration in terms of pay, pension and other service conditions between the District Judiciary, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Hence, any increase in the salary of the judges of the High Court must reflect in the same proportion to the judges in the District Judiciary.”
CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 — R. 54(14)(b) — Family pension: Although Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act entitles widow of a government servant
On 10.02.2020, a division bench had come to the conclusion that the view taken by this Court in Preetam Singh’s case needs reconsideration after it prima facie found that the functions of the Board contemplated under Section 15 of the 1965 Act were wide enough even to cover the act of fixing service conditions of its employees. Hence, the matter was referred to a larger bench.
The Board of Directors of the Small Industries Development Bank of India has notified the Small Industries Development Bank of
Himachal Pradesh High Court: In a petition related to family pension, Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J has held that the second wife of
Madras High Court: B Pugalendhi J. allowed the family pension to be given to the daughter ‘petitioner’ arising out of the employment
Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member
112 significant Reports from 22 High Courts Allahabad High Court Right to Reputation People using cyberspace to vent out anger and
Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member
“If a preliminary inquiry could be conducted, there may not be any reason as to why formal departmental inquiry could not have been initiated against the delinquent.”
Central Administrative Tribunal: Mohd. Jamshed, Member (A), held that compassionate appointment cannot be equated with family pension. Slamming the respondents for their
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT): Pradeep Kumar, Member (A) addressed the instant application wherein the widow of one Narayan Dutt, who was engaged