Supreme Court of India

Sqn. Ldr. (retd.) Navtej Singh v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 665
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 5 December 2018

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Armed Forces: Post-retirement benefits – Entitlement to, to the spouse and children of a retired officer – On fact s, appellant- Air Force officer invalidated out of service on medica l grounds – While in service applied to Director, Air Headquart er seeking permission to marry Canadian immigrant – Appellant without waiting for the express permission or the expiry of 120 days, c ontracted the marriage – Appellant then applied for ex-post facto perm ission for marriage, which was not considered at all – Meanwhile, the appellant was released from Indian Air Force – Thereafter, the ap pellant

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