{"id":243213,"date":"2021-02-01T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=243213"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:24:51","slug":"fact-check-has-the-punjab-haryana-high-court-observed-that-a-wife-is-eligible-for-family-pension-even-if-she-murders-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/01\/fact-check-has-the-punjab-haryana-high-court-observed-that-a-wife-is-eligible-for-family-pension-even-if-she-murders-her-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Has the Punjab &#038; Haryana High Court observed that a wife is eligible for family pension even if she murders her husband?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/high-court-says-wife-eligible-for-family-pension-even-if-she-murders-husband-1764462-2021-01-31\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by India Today claimed that the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an unusual judgment had recently observed that the wife would be eligible for family pension even if she murders her husband. The article quotes an observation of the Court which stated that<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Nobody butchers the hen giving golden eggs. The wife cannot be deprived of the family pension <strong>even if she murders her husband<\/strong>. Family pension is a welfare scheme that was launched to provide financial help to the family in the event of a government employee\u2019s death. Wife is entitled to family pension even if she is convicted in a criminal case,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article further quoted the facts of the case as \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one Baljeet Kaur of Ambala told the court that her husband Tarsem Singh was a Haryana government employee who passed away in 2008. In 2009, she was booked for or a murder and was later convicted in 2011 (sic). Baljeet Kaur was getting the family pension till 2011 but the Haryana government stopped the pension immediately after her conviction.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The article concluded by stating that the Court had directed the concerned department to release the petitioner&#8217;s family pension within two months along with the pending dues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot of the news item can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-243214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-142x300.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-28x60.jpeg 28w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot of the controversial paragraph which stated that wife cannot be deprived of family pension even if she murders her husband can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-243215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-142x300.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-28x60.jpeg 28w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This news was also reported on other sites such as<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/wife-eligible-for-family-pension-even-if-she-murders-husband-says-punjab-and-haryana-court-3370241.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News 18<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.dailyhunt.in\/news\/india\/english\/east+coast+daily+eng-epaper-eeastco\/wife+will+be+eligible+for+family+pension+even+if+she+kills+husband+says+high+court-newsid-n250314312\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Hunt<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Now let us test the veracity of the claims.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We looked up the judgment of this case on the website of Punjab and Haryana High Court and found a judgment with similar facts which was delivered on 25th January, 2021. The case was<em> Baljinder Kaur vs. State of Haryana, CWP No. 24430 of 2017<\/em>, delivered on 25.01.2021. The India Today article had got the name of the petitioner wrong. It was Baljinder Kaur and not Baljeet Kaur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We read the judgment delivered by the court and found the paragraph quoted in red above has nowhere been mentioned in the written judgment. As per the facts, the petitioner&#8217;s husband died in 2008 after which she was receiving pension from the government for some time. However, after she was booked and later convicted for murder of another person in 2011 (who was obviously not her husband) she stopped receiving the pension. Therefore, the question of the wife murdering her husband does not arise in this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the<em> Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of the Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006<\/em>, the state government had denied the petitioner pension on the grounds that her conduct was not good as she was convicted of murder. They said that pension was not a charity or bounty and that it was a conditional payment depending upon the\u00a0 sweet will of the employer. As her sentence was not stayed and merely suspended for bail, they said that she was not entitled to any pecuniary benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After going through the facts and arguments of the case, the bench of GS Sandhawalia, J. was of the opinion that denying pension to the petitioner on account of her conviction, was unrelated to the death of her husband and was therefore not sustainable. Accordingly, the said order was set aside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court further clarified that it was not disputed that the petitioner had committed murder but she was out on bail and her sentence had been suspended. She needed the pension to maintain herself and the Court was of the opinion that she cannot be denied the financial assistance. Pension is not a bounty and is her right on account of the services rendered by her husband to the Government, the Court observed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, we can safely conclude that the headline of the article on India Today and the quoted paragraph highlighted in red above is not reflected in the written judgment. 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