Supreme Court of India

Rajumon T.M. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1279
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh JJ.
Decided 7 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the order of discharge of the appellant and denial of disability pension to him based on a medical opinion without providing full reasons to support the opinion cannot be said to be valid.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether in case of discharge of a serviceman from the Indian Army, on the ground of medical invalidation and consequent denial of disability pension, the burden of proof lies on the serviceman or the concerned department? Whether the existence of a causal link between the service conditions and the disability in order to claim disability pension or the nature of the service area? Whether a non-reasoned order of the Medical board be relied upon to grant or deny of disability pension? Headnotes† Petitioner, after serving in Indian Army as a sepoy for 9 years, was

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