UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs SARTI DEVI AND ANOTHER — CWP/24623/2025

Case under Constitution of India Section 226/227. Disposed: --DISMISSED on 11th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 25-Aug-2025

CNR: PHHC010972032025

e-Filing Number

23-06-2025

Filing Number

CWP/37639/2025

Filing Date

24-Jun-2025

Registration No

CWP/24623/2025

Registration Date

21-Aug-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

11-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--DISMISSED

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226/227
Armed Forces Tribunal Act

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

    Adv. Rohit Verma

  2. 2.Smt Sarti Devi and Another

  3. 3.The Chief of the Army Staff

  4. 4.The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension)

  5. 5.Officer In Charge Records, Signal Records

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.SARTI DEVI AND ANOTHER

  2. 2.Smt Sarti Devi and Another

  3. 3.The Chief of the Army Staff

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 11-May-2026

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

    The High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed the Union of India's petition challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of invalid pension to Smt Sarti Devi (widow of Late Signalman Dharam Pal). The court held that invalid pension can be granted even when service is less than 10 years, relying on Supreme Court precedent (P.A. Thomas case, 2019), and that the disability need not be attributable to military service. Since the earlier litigation concerned disability pension (rejected) while the current claim concerned invalid pension (distinct relief with different criteria), no res judicata applied. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 24-Jun-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. CWP/24623/2025

casestatus.in Summary

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed the Union of India's petition challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal's grant of invalid pension to Smt Sarti Devi (widow of Late Signalman Dharam Pal). The court held that invalid pension can be granted even when service is less than 10 years, relying on Supreme Court precedent (P.A. Thomas case, 2019), and that the disability need not be attributable to military service. Since the earlier litigation concerned disability pension (rejected) while the current claim concerned invalid pension (distinct relief with different criteria), no res judicata applied. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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