Supreme Court Ensures Uniform Pension Benefits for High Court Judges: Justice Shailendra Singh vs. Union of India (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether High Court judges who were previously members of the district judiciary are entitled to the same General Provident Fund benefits as judges appointed directly from the Bar. CASE TYPE: Service Law, Constitutional Law Case […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Pension Benefits for Women SSCOs: Wg Cdr A U Tayyaba (retd) vs. Union of India (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Clarification of pensionary benefits for women Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs). CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Wg Cdr A U Tayyaba (retd) & Ors vs. Union of India & Ors [Judgment Date]: April
Supreme Court clarifies ‘absorption’ under pension rules: Vinod Kanjibhai Bhagora vs. State of Gujarat (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether prior service with the Central Government can be included as qualifying service for pension benefits when an employee joins the State Government through a fresh recruitment process. CASE TYPE: Service Law/Pension Law Case Name: Vinod Kanjibhai Bhagora
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee can claim pension benefits after a settlement agreement where such benefits were not explicitly included, especially when the employee had prior opportunities to opt for a pension scheme. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Syndicate Bank vs. N.R. Bhat Judgment Date: 10th October 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 10th
Supreme Court Denies Pension Claim After Settlement: Syndicate Bank vs. N.R. Bhat (2023) Read Post »
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights Despite Employer Error: Calcutta State Transport Corporation vs. Ashit Chakraborty (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee who opted for a pension scheme can be denied benefits due to the employer’s error in continuing deductions towards a Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Calcutta State Transport
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights Despite Employer’s Error in Calcutta State Transport Corporation vs. Ashit Chakraborty (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee is entitled to pension benefits after opting for a pension scheme, despite the employer’s continued deductions for a Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) and not paying pension benefits. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name:
Supreme Court Clarifies Pension Calculation for Work-Charged Employees in Bihar (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Calculation of pension benefits for work-charged employees upon regularization. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Uday Pratap Thakur and Anr. vs. The State of Bihar and Ors. [Judgment Date]: April 28, 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: April 28, 2023 Citation: 2023
Supreme Court Clarifies Pension Rights of Employees Absorbed into Rajasthan Dairy Federations (28 April 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees who initially worked for the Rajasthan State Government but were later absorbed into the Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federations are entitled to pensionary benefits from the State Government. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: State of Rajasthan
Supreme Court clarifies pension benefits for contractual employees: Doordarshan vs. Magi H Desai (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether contractual service can be counted as temporary service for pension benefits. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Director General, Doordarshan Prasar Bharti Corporation of India & Anr. vs. Smt. Magi H Desai [Judgment Date]: 24 March 2023 Date
Supreme Court settles pension calculation for employees switching government jobs: State of Rajasthan vs. O.P. Gupta (2022) INSC 772 (19 September 2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether prior service in a government entity should be counted for pension benefits when an employee resigns to join another government job. CASE TYPE: Service Law – Pension Benefits. Case Name:
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights, Modifies High Court Order on Retirement Age: M.L. Patil vs. State of Goa (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether retirees are entitled to full pension benefits from the date they reach the correct retirement age, despite delays in filing legal challenges. CASE TYPE: Service Law – Pension Benefits Case Name: Shri M.L.
Supreme Court grants revised pension benefits to retired college teachers from 1st April 2010: Dr. Y. Ibehaibi Devi vs. State of Manipur (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether retired college teachers are entitled to revised pension benefits from 1st April 2010, as applicable to other State Government employees, or from 1st November 2010, as contended by the
