HARBANS KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB . — C.A. No. 7652/2011

Summary of C.A. No. 007652/2011 (Harbans Kaur v. State of Punjab) The Supreme Court allowed Harbans Kaur's appeal challenging the High Court's restriction of family pension arrears to 38 months. Harbans Kaur's son, a police officer, was killed in a terrorist attack on 23 November 1991, making her eligible for revised family pension under 1990 government instructions. The Court set aside the High Court's limitation and directed that she receive full arrears for the entire period due under the applicable instructions, finding it would be a "travesty of justice" to deny benefits to an uneducated woman from a remote village due to delayed petition filing. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.