Pension Law Archives

Supreme Court Upholds VRS Terms: IFCI Pensioners Denied Enhanced Benefits (2019)

September 17, 2019 / Breach of contract, Contract Law, Contract Law with VRS-2008, Judges, K.M. Joseph, Pension Law, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Service Law with IFCI Staff Regulations, 1974, Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Supreme Court Upholds VRS Terms: IFCI Pensioners Denied Enhanced Benefits (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees who opted for a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) are entitled to enhanced pension benefits based on subsequent pay revisions. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: IFCI Ltd. vs. Sanjay Behari & Ors. Judgment Date: 17 September 2019 Date of the […]

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Supreme Court settles pension eligibility for cooperative bank employees: Issac T M vs. Idukki District Co-operative Bank Ltd (2019) INSC 596

July 12, 2019 / Cooperative Bank Employees Pension, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee, Judges, Pension Arrears, Pension Eligibility, Pension Law, State Co-operative Bank and District Co-operative Bank Employees Self Financing Pension Scheme 2005, State Co-operative Bank and District Co-operative Bank Employees Self Financing Pension Scheme 2005 with Para 19, State Co-operative Bank and District Co-operative Bank Employees Self Financing Pension Scheme 2005 with Para 5

Supreme Court rules on pension eligibility for cooperative bank employees: Issac T M vs. Idukki District Co-operative Bank Ltd (2019) INSC 596 Date of the Judgment: 12 July 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 596 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Indira Banerjee, J Can a delay by a cooperative bank in remitting an employee’s pension

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Supreme Court Invalidates Differential Pension Based on Cut-off Date: All Manipur Pensioners Association vs. State of Manipur (2019)

July 11, 2019 / A.S. Bopanna, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Fundamental Rights, Judges, M.R. Shah, Pension Law, Service Law

Supreme Court Invalidates Differential Pension Based on Cut-off Date: All Manipur Pensioners Association vs. State of Manipur (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a cut-off date can be used to create two classes of pensioners for differential pension benefits, violating Article 14 of the Constitution of India. CASE TYPE: Service Law/Pension Law Case Name: All Manipur Pensioners

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Supreme Court Grants Disability Pension Arrears to Soldier: Madan Prasad Sinha vs. Union of India (2019)

April 8, 2019 / Armed Forces Tribunal, D.Y. Chandrachud, Disability Pension, Hemant Gupta, Judges, Pension Law, Service Law

Supreme Court Grants Disability Pension Arrears: Madan Prasad Sinha vs. Union of India (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a soldier is entitled to disability pension for a period when it was denied due to reassessment of disability percentage. CASE TYPE: Service Law – Armed Forces Tribunal Case Name: Madan Prasad Sinha @ Sanatan Baba vs. Union

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Supreme Court settles pension eligibility for resigned employees in service matters: Life Insurance Corporation of India vs. Shree Lal Meena (2019)

March 15, 2019 / Judges, K.M. Joseph, Pension Law, Pension Law with Retrospective effect, Pension Rules, Ranjan Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Service Law with Resignation, Service Law with Retirement, Termination of Service

Supreme Court Clarifies Pension Eligibility for Resigned Employees: LIC vs. Shree Lal Meena (2019) Date of the Judgment: March 15, 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 224 Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, CJI, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., K.M. Joseph, J. Can employees who resigned before a pension scheme was officially implemented, but after the date from which the scheme

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Supreme Court settles pension eligibility for employees resigning before scheme implementation: Senior Divisional Manager, LIC vs. Shree Lal Meena (2019) INSC 217 (15 March 2019)

March 15, 2019 / Judges, K.M. Joseph, Pension Law, Pension Rules, Pension Schemes, Ranjan Gogoi, Resignation, Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Service Rules

Supreme Court clarifies pension eligibility for employees resigning before scheme implementation Date of the Judgment: 15 March 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 217 Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, CJI, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J, K.M. Joseph, J. Can an employee who resigned before a pension scheme was implemented, but after the date from which the scheme was made retrospectively

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Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Unpaid Leave for Pension Eligibility in VRS Cases: Delhi Transport Corporation vs. Balwan Singh & Ors. (26 February 2019)

February 26, 2019 / Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 with Rule 21, Deepak Gupta, Judges, Pension Law, S.A. Bobde, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Unpaid Leave for Pension Eligibility in VRS Cases LEGAL ISSUE: Whether periods of unauthorized absence, for which no salary is paid, can be excluded when calculating qualifying service for pension under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, specifically for employees who opted for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS). CASE

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Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Notional Service Benefit in Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme: National Insurance Special Voluntary Retired/Retired Employees Association vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (26 October 2018)

October 26, 2018 / Judges, Kurian Joseph, Pension Law, Pension Law with General Insurance (Employees) Pension Scheme, 1995, Pension Scheme, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Service Law with Section 17-A of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972, Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Notional Service Benefit in Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme: National Insurance Special Voluntary Retired/Retired Employees Association vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees who opted for a Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme (SVRS) are entitled to an additional notional benefit of five years of service for pension calculation,

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Notional Service Benefit in Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme: National Insurance vs. United India Insurance (26 October 2018)

October 26, 2018 / General Insurance (Employees) Pension Scheme, 1995, General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972, General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 with Section 17-A, Judges, Kurian Joseph, Pension Law, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Service Law, Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Notional Service Benefit in Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme: National Insurance vs. United India Insurance (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees who opted for the Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme (SVRS) 2004 are entitled to the notional five-year service benefit under the General Insurance (Employees) Pension Scheme, 1995. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case

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Supreme Court settles the exclusion of additional service benefits in voluntary retirement schemes: National Insurance Special Voluntary Retired/Retired Employees Association & Anr. vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. (26 October 2018)

October 26, 2018 / General Insurance (Employees) Pension Scheme, 1995, General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972, General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 with Section 17-A, Judges, Kurian Joseph, Pension Scheme, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2004, Voluntary Retirement Scheme

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Additional Service Benefit in Voluntary Retirement Scheme Date of the Judgment: 26 October 2018 Citation: 2018 INSC 944 Judges: Kurian Joseph, J., Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. Can employees who opt for a special voluntary retirement scheme (SVRS) claim additional benefits from a previous pension scheme, despite explicit exclusions in the

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Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights for Municipality Employees: Una Nagar Palika vs. Kaliben Balubhai Makwana (20 September 2018)

September 20, 2018 / Abhay Manohar Sapre, Civil Service Law, Judges, Municipal Employees, Pension Eligibility, Pension Law, S. Abdul Nazeer

Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights for Municipality Employees: Una Nagar Palika vs. Kaliben Balubhai Makwana (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees of a municipality are entitled to pension benefits, regardless of whether they were directly appointed or previously worked with a Panchayat. CASE TYPE: Civil Service/Pension Law Case Name: Una Nagar Palika vs. Kaliben Balubhai Makwana

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Supreme Court Clarifies Pension Rules for Navy Direct Entry Artificers: Ex-Navy Direct Entry Artificers Association vs. Union of India (2018)

May 8, 2018 / A.K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Judges, Navy (Pension) Regulations, 1964, Navy (Pension) Regulations, 1964 with Regulation 78, Navy (Pension) Regulations, 1964 with Regulation 92, Navy Act, 1957, Navy Act, 1957 with Section 14, Navy Act, 1957 with Section 184A, Pension Eligibility, Service Conditions

Ex-Navy Direct Entry Artificers Association vs. Union of India: Supreme Court on Pension Eligibility Date of the Judgment: May 8, 2018 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 6785 of 2014 Judges: A.K. Sikri, J. and Ashok Bhushan, J. Can time spent in the Fleet Reserve be automatically counted towards pensionable service for Navy Artificers? The Supreme Court

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