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Supreme Court judgments on Pension and pensionary benefits

86 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Bses Yamuna Power Ltd. vs Sh. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma & Anr.
SC · 5 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 546 : 2019 INSC 1324
Service Law: Pension – Claim for – Denied on the ground that the employee had forfeited his past services, by resigning – Challenged – High Court held that the employee was entitled to pensionary benefit as he had comple…
State of Odisha & Ors. vs Manju Naik
SC · 4 December 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 473 : 2019 INSC 1316
Orissa Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1992: rr. 39, 47(5)(i) and 49 – Invalid pension –Whether the minimum qualifying service prescribed under the Pension Rules can be ignored for the purpose of consideration of invalid…
Union of India & Ors. vs Lt. Col. Om Dutt Sharma (Retd.) Dead through Lrs & Ors.
SC · 5 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 9 : 2019 INSC 1205
Service Law: Pension – One Rank one Pension (OROP) – Entitlement to – Of the personnel of Army Postal Service (APS), on deputation from Department of Posts and Telegraph – Held: The Army Instructions show that the member…
K. Sreedhar Rao vs Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Law & Justice, New Delhi
SC · 6 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 81 : 2019 INSC 1012
High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 – rr. 2 and 7 of Part-I of First Schedule – Pensionary benefits of retired Acting Chief Justice of the High Court – Calculation of – Petitioner served as a…
Prem Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 2 September 2019
[2019] 11 S.C.R. 1075 : 2019 INSC 983
Service Law: Pension - Computation of qualifying service for grant of pension - Period of work-charged services - Whether can be included in the qualifying service - Employee's service in workcharged establishment for a…
Prahlad Raut vs All India Institute of Medical Sciences
SC · 27 August 2019
[2019] 11 S.C.R. 809 : 2019 INSC 964
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985: s. 21 – Limitation – Suspension of appellant-Steward on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation – Registration of FIR – Thereafter, appellant committed theft in public place and r…
Smt. Sulekha Rani vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 16 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 851 : 2019 INSC 769
Army Rules, 1954: r.13(3)(III)(v) – Army Jawan discharged from service under the provisions of r.13(3)(III)(v) – He died six years thereafter on 30 September 2007 – His wife (appellant) filed O.A. claiming pension in res…
All Manipur Pensioners Association by Its Secretary vs The State of Manipur and Others
SC · 11 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 905 : 2019 INSC 748
Service Law – Grant of benefit of revised pension – Creation of two classes of pensioners – When discriminatory – Govt. of Manipur issued office memorandum dated 21.04.1999 revising the quantum of pension, however, it pr…
Randhir Singh vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 925 : 2019 INSC 729
Army Act, 1950 – s.120 – Appellant enrolled in the 43 Armed Brigade and at the material time was posted as Acting Lance Dafadar – Allegation that in August, 2007 while on duty for cleaning the service area in the morning…
State of Bihar & Ors. vs Meera Tiwary & Anr.
SC · 11 June 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 915 : 2019 INSC 692
Contempt of Court – Jurisdiction of High Court – Respondent No.1’s husband (since deceased) was appointed Junior Engineer in the Public Works Department on or about 01.08.1958 – He was promoted to the post of Temporary A…
Narendra Kumar vs Chairman and Managing Director, Syndicate Bank & Ors.
SC · 30 April 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 1 : 2019 INSC 594
Service Law: Pension – Qualifying period for pension – Interruption in service – Appellant working as law officer in respondent-bank (parent department) went on deputation to the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) – During the…
National Insurance Company Ltd. vs Mannat Johal & Ors. etc. etc.
SC · 23 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 683 : 2019 INSC 561
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Offending vehicle, an oil tanker rammed into the car driven by one ‘RSJ’, with his wife and children also in it, while coming from the opposite direction – ‘RSJ’ died – Claims filed by the pare…
P. Bandopadhya & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 254 : 2019 INSC 390
Service Law: Pension – Entitlement to – Conversion of a Government Department into Central Public Sector Undertaking/Autonomous body – En-masse transfer of the employees of the Government Department to the Public Sector…
Senior Divisional Manager, Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd. & Ors. vs Shree Lal Meena
SC · 15 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 391 : 2019 INSC 372
Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960 – Regn. 18 – Life Insurance Corporation of India (Employees) Pension Rules, 1995 – rr. 3(1)(a) and 23 – Respondent tendered a letter of resignation on 14.7.19…
K. Ananda Rao etc. vs Sri S.S. Rawat, Ias and Ors. etc.
SC · 7 March 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 287 : 2019 INSC 331
Service Law – Consequential Benefits – Bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh – On 05.08.2015, GO issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh raising the age of superannuation from 58 years to 60 years – By…
State of Punjab and Ors. vs Gurbaran Singh
SC · 1 March 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 839 : 2019 INSC 303
Service Law: Pensionary benefits – Claim of – Respondent working as pharmacist in the State Health Services on regular basis, tendered his resignation – Acceptance of resignation, however respondent not granted pension a…
Delhi Transport Corporation vs Balwan Singh & Ors.
SC · 26 February 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 532 : 2019 INSC 267
Central Civil Services Pension Rules, 1972 – rr.3(1)(q), 21, 27, 28, 49(1) – Respondents, ex-employees of the appellantCorporation, governed by the Employees Contributory Provident Fund Scheme – Introduction of pension s…
State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. vs Shashi Kumar
SC · 16 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 432 : 2019 INSC 50
STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH & ANR. v. SHASHI KUMAR (Civil Appeal No.988 of 2019) JANUARY 16, 2019 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Service Law – Compassionate appointment – The State, if entitled to tak…
Union of India & Ors. vs Dr. O. P. Nijhawan & Ors.
SC · 3 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 281 : 2019 INSC 4
Service Law – Pension – Computation of – Special pay of Rs. 2,000/- and Rs. 4000/- given to scientists working in the Department of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)…
Sebastiani Lakra & Ors. vs National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 12 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1053 : 2018 INSC 967
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 168 – Fatal accident – Claim for compensation – Income of deceased Rs. 58,565/- p.m – Tribunal for the purpose of compensation assessed the monthly income of deceased at Rs. 50,000/- p.m – De…
Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 26 September 2018
[2018] 8 S.C.R. 1 : 2018 INSC 880
Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016: s.7 – Whether the Aadhaar Act violates right to privacy and is unconstitutional on this ground and whether invasion into righ…
Una Nagar Palika vs Kaliben Balubhai Makwana & Anr.
SC · 20 September 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 752 : 2018 INSC 847
Service Law – Pension/Pensionary Benefits – Claim for – Denial of – When not proper – Respondents-employees of appellantMunicipality denied pension/pensionary benefits – Challenged by respondents – Allowed by High Court…
N.N. Godfred & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 11 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 281 : 2018 INSC 599
Service Law – Naval Service – Service Pension if includes Submarine Pay – Appellants enrolled in the Indian Navy as Sailors and subsequently joined its Submarine Arm – Appellants aggrieved with the refusal of the respond…
Ex Navy Direct Entry Artificers Association & Ors. vs The Union of India & Ors.
SC · 8 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 373 : 2018 INSC 461
Armed Forces: Navy (Pension) Regulations, 1964 – Regns. 78 and 269 – Direct Entry Artificers of Navy – Pension – Entitlement of – Requirement of rendering of minimum service of 15 years – On facts, appellants engaged as…
Lok Prahari, through Its General Secretary S. N. Shukla & Another vs Union of India through Its Secretary & Others
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 1050 : 2018 INSC 348
Salaries, Allowances and Pensions of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 – ss.8A, 8AC, 6B(1), 6B(2) and 8AA – Amendments in the 1954 Act conferring the benefit of pension and other facilities to ex-members of Parliament and…
Suchet Singh Yadav & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 21 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 752 : 2018 INSC 182
Armed Forces – Pensionary benefits – Claim for higher pay scale – When not valid – In consequence of implementation of Fifth Pay Commission Report, Government Order dtd. 21.11.1997 issued with respect to “pay and allowan…

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