Supreme Court Denies Pension Upgrade Based on Equal Pay for Retired Forest Officer: State of Madhya Pradesh vs. R.D. Sharma (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a retired government employee is entitled to a pension upgrade based on the principle of “equal pay for equal work” when the upgrade is for a post he did not hold […]
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights of Bank Employees, Dismissing Retroactive Rule Change Date of the Judgment: 11 January 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 14 Judges: Hon’ble Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka Can a cooperative bank retroactively withdraw a pension scheme, thereby denying its retired employees their entitled benefits? The Supreme Court of India addressed
Supreme Court Upholds Pension Rights of Retired Cooperative Bank Employees Date of the Judgment: 11 January 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 29 Judges: Hon’ble Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka Can a cooperative bank unilaterally withdraw a pension scheme that its retired employees had been contributing to and benefiting from for decades? The Supreme Court
Supreme Court Denies Pension Benefits for Project Employees: Parmeshwar Nanda vs. State of Jharkhand (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether past services rendered under a Central Government co-sponsored project can be counted for pensionary benefits after subsequent absorption into state government service. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Parmeshwar Nanda ETC. vs. The State of Jharkhand Through
Supreme Court Rules on Counting Past Service for Pension in Legal Aid Committees LEGAL ISSUE: Whether prior service in the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee should be counted for pension eligibility. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Brahma Singh vs. Union of India. [Judgment Date]: 05 February 2020 Date of the Judgment: 05 February 2020
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Pension for Interrupted Service: Surinder Nath Kesar vs. Board of School Education (2020) Date of the Judgment: January 6, 2020 Citation: 2020 INSC 14 Judges: Ashok Bhushan, J., M.R. Shah, J. Can a break in service, even if condoned by an employer, guarantee pension benefits if the relevant service rules
Supreme Court Denies One Rank One Pension to Army Postal Service Deputationists: Union of India vs. Lt. Col. Om Dutt Sharma (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether personnel of the Army Postal Service (APS) on deputation from the Department of Posts are entitled to the benefit of One Rank One Pension (OROP). CASE TYPE: Service Law (Pension)
Supreme Court Denies Pension Claim for Delhi Transport Corporation Employee Due to Insufficient Qualifying Service Date of the Judgment: 22 October 2019 Citation: Karan Singh vs. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr., Civil Appeal No(s). 12743 of 2017 Judges: Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, J. and Ajay Rastogi, J. Can an employee of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC)
Supreme Court grants pension to Lt. Colonel despite service shortfall: Bobby Joseph vs. Union of India (2019) Date of the Judgment: October 04, 2019 Citation: Civil Appeal of 2019 (@ Diary No. 10043 of 2017) Judges: L. Nageswara Rao, J. and Hemant Gupta, J. Can a military officer be denied pension in the rank he
Supreme Court Clarifies Liberalized Family Pension for Armed Forces: Kanchan Dua vs. Union of India (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the family of an Armed Forces personnel who died due to cardiac failure during a notified operation is entitled to Liberalized Family Pension. CASE TYPE: Service Law – Pension Case Name: Kanchan Dua vs. Union of
Central Bank of India vs. Tara Chand: Supreme Court Denies Pro-Rata Pension Under Voluntary Retirement Scheme LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee who opts for voluntary retirement under a specific scheme is automatically entitled to pro-rata pension if they meet the age or service criteria for applying to the scheme, or if they must also meet
Supreme Court Rules Resignation Entails Forfeiture of Past Service: State of Punjab vs. Gurbaran Singh (2019) Date of the Judgment: March 01, 2019 Citation: 2019 INSC 182 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J., Indu Malhotra, J. Can an employee who resigns from service claim pensionary benefits for their past service? The Supreme Court of India recently
