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HIGH COURT NOVEMBER 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Legal Stories on Jai Hind Slogan, Illegal Coal Levy Scam, Freedom Fighter Pension, Oreo v Fabio Trademark Infringement suit and more

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Delhi High Court imposes cost on Union of India for lackadaisical approach while dealing with a 96-year-old freedom fighter

A 96 years old freedom fighter has been made to run from pillar to post to get his rightful pension. The inaction of the Central Government is actually an insult to the freedom fighter who was declared as a proclaimed offender and probably his entire land would have been attached in the proceedings initiated by the British Government.

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Bombay High Court decides deceased’s first wife’s entitlement after she was denied pension due to second wife

The Petitioner is 86 years of age today and though she is a legally wedded wife, she received no pension after the demise of her husband for 25 years only because the second wife Rukhminibai was paid the pension after the demise of the freedom fighter husband.

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Freedom fighters’ pension cannot be taken as ‘income’ to deny family pension; Objective of Freedom Fighter Pension Scheme is to honour the sacrifices of the fighters: Madras High Court

Madras High Court: B Pugalendhi J. allowed the family pension to be given to the daughter ‘petitioner’ arising out of the employment