Supreme Court of India

The State of Bihar & Ors. v. Rajmati Devi & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 284
Bench M. R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 20 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion and for the reasons state d above, the impugned judgment(s) and order(s) passed by the High Court deserve(s) to be quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Pension – Family Pension – Entitlement to – Decease d husband of Respondent no.1, whether governed by the New Contributory Pension Scheme of 2005 or the Old Pension R ules of 1950 – Held: When the husband of Respondent no.1 ca me to be absorbed in government service, the Old Pension Rules were alr eady abolished, and the New Pension Scheme was in existence – He was, therefore, governed by the New Pension Scheme which , however, did not provide for family pension – Respondent no.1 accordingly not entitled to family pension – Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 – Bihar Government Servant Contributory

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