UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs SITA DEVI AND ANOTHER — CWP/10420/2025

Case under Constitution of India Section 226. Disposed: --ALLOWED on 13th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 09-Apr-2025

CNR: PHHC010569072025

e-Filing Number

05-04-2025

Filing Number

CWP/22048/2025

Filing Date

07-Apr-2025

Registration No

CWP/10420/2025

Registration Date

07-Apr-2025

Judge

Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi , Mr. Justice Deepak Manchanda

Coram

Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi , Mr. Justice Deepak Manchanda

Bench Type

Double

Category

4.11 - ORDERS AGAINST ARMED FORCE TRIBUNAL(CIVIL) ( 328 )

Sub-Category

( 944 )

Judicial Branch

WRITS -I BRANCH

Decision Date

13-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--ALLOWED

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

    Adv. GEETA SINGHWAL

  2. 2.Union of India and others

  3. 3.The Armed Forces Tribunal

  4. 4.The Principal Controller of Defence

  5. 5.Officer in charge

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SITA DEVI AND ANOTHER

  2. 2.Union of India and others

  3. 3.The Armed Forces Tribunal

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 13-May-2026

    Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi,mr. Justice Deepak ManchandaView PDF

    Case Summary: CWP/10420/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana set aside the Armed Forces Tribunal's order granting family pension to Sita Devi. The court held that her late husband, discharged from the Army in 1994 at his own request due to domestic problems, was not in a "low medical category" and thus was ineligible for disability pension despite having a dislocated shoulder. Since no pension was admissible to the husband, family pension could not be granted to the widow who claimed benefits 25 years after discharge and only after his death in 2016. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 07-Apr-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. CWP/10420/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CWP/10420/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana set aside the Armed Forces Tribunal's order granting family pension to Sita Devi. The court held that her late husband, discharged from the Army in 1994 at his own request due to domestic problems, was not in a "low medical category" and thus was ineligible for disability pension despite having a dislocated shoulder. Since no pension was admissible to the husband, family pension could not be granted to the widow who claimed benefits 25 years after discharge and only after his death in 2016. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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