Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Krishna Modi & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 638
Bench Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 3 February 2022

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Freedom Fighters – Pension – Scheme – Eligibility – Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 – Cl aim for pension under – Validity – Held: Claim of respondent no. 1 wa s, for the first time, made on 27.12.1982, whereas the Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme existed in year 1972, which was only amende d in the year 1980 – Hence, it cannot be said that the respondent filed his claim promptly – Under the said scheme, a person eli gible for the benefit should have remained underground for mo re than six months – It is not understood as to how respondent no. 1 could be categorised as a person

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