Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. Sps Vains (retd.) and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 13 S.C.R. 257
Bench Altamas Kabir and Markandey Kat Ju JJ.
Decided 9 September 2008

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Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14 - Disparity in payment of pension to officers c of same rank, who had retired prior to introduction of revised pay scale with those who retired thereafter- Held: Is arbitrary and violative of Art. 14 - Service Law - Cut off date for creating class of pensioner within same cadre. ~ The question which arose for consideration in the ~ present appeal is whether the officers of the rank of Major 'I General in the army and of equivalent rank in the two other wings of the Defence forces, who had retired prior to 1.1.1996, have been validly excluded from the

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