Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Jujhar Singh

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Reported as [2011] 8 S.C.R. 258

Bench P. Sathasivam J.

Decided 15 July 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the learned Single Judge failed to appreciate that under Regulation 179 a personnel can be E granted disability pension only if he is found suffering from disability which is attributable to or aggravated by military service and recorded by Service Medical Authorities.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Service Law: c Armed Forces - Army - Disability pension - Army personnel while on annual leave, suffered injuries in a road accident - Medical Board assessed his disability as 60% for two years - After superannuation with normal pension he claimed disability pension - HELD: The Medical Board 0 clearly opined that the injury was neither attributable to nor connected with service - The injury which had no connection with military service cannot be termed as attributable to or aggravated by military service - The claim was rightly rejected by the authorities - Pension Regulations of the Army

Authorities it was built on

2009 Secretary, Ministry of Defence & Others v. Damodaran A.V. (dead) through Lrs. & Others cited by 8
1996 The Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation and Anr. v. Francis De Costa and Anr. cited by 4
1996 Union of India and Anr. v. Sh. Baljit Singh cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2015 Union of India and Ors. v. 3989606 P,ex-naik Vijay Kumar relied on
2025 Rajumon T.M. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2019 Secretary, Government of India & Ors. v. Dharmbir Singh referred to
2015 Union of India & Ors. v. Manjeet Singh referred to
2017 Ex. Gnr. Laxmanram Poonia (dead) through Lrs. v. Unlon of India and Ors. mentioned
2012 Union of India & Anr. v. Talwinder Singh mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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