Supreme Court of India

Shanti Devi Alias Shanti Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 12 S.C.R. 279
Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah JJ.
Decided 5 November 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that during the pendency of the writ petition the appellant is entitled to be paid provisional pension whic h shall be subject to final decision in the writ petition.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Code of Civil Procedure – s. 20 – Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Pr ovisions Act, 1948 – Family Coal Mines Pension Scheme, 1998 – Territor ial jurisdiction – The Government notified a Family Coal Mines P ension Scheme, 1998 dated 05.03.1998 – Earlier, the late husban d of the appellant did not opt for the said pension scheme – Howeve r, later the husband of appellant opted for the pension scheme by notif ication dated 09.01.2002 – The late husband of the appellan t claimed payment for pension from Darbhanga, State of Bihar – writ petition was

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