Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Manjeet Singh

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Reported as [2015] 6 S.C.R. 192
Bench M.Y. Eqbalandamitavaroy J.
Decided 12 May 2015

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Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961: Regulation 173; Army Rules, 1954: rr. 5, 9 and 14 - Disability pension - Entitlement for- Held: There is a statutory presumption, that the disease/disability for which a member of Army service is boarded out, had been contracted by him during his tenure, unless the same is displaced by cogent and persuasive reasons recorded by the Medical Board- Burden to disprove the correlation of disability with the Army service has been cast on the authorities- In the instant case, the Medical Board computed the composite disability of the respondent to be 20% - No

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