UNION OF INDIA . vs HOSHIAR SINGH — C.A. No. 2942/2009

Summary of Civil Appeal No. 2942 of 2009 On February 23, 2012, the Supreme Court disposed of Civil Appeal No. 2942/2009 (Union of India v. Hoshiar Singh) and related appeals concerning service element pension benefits for ex-servicemen. The Court accepted the Ministry of Defence's decision dated February 22, 2012, to grant service element pension benefits to all ex-servicemen invalidated out prior to 1973 with less than minimum qualifying service, effective from January 1, 1973. No further directions were necessary and all pending appeals were disposed of accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.