Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982

Bijender Singh, an ex‑army officer, was invalided out in 1989 for generalized tonic‑clonic seizures assessed at less than 20% disability. The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) dismissed his petition for the disability element of pension, holding that because his disability was below 20% he was not entitled to it, and also di…

Dharambir Singh, a former Territorial Army soldier, was injured in a scooter accident while on two days of casual leave and claimed a disability pension. The Armed Forces Tribunal had granted the pension, holding that leave is deemed duty, but the Government appealed. The Supreme Court examined whether personnel on lea…

The appellant Union of India sought to set aside an Armed Forces Tribunal order that granted disability pension to ex‑sepoy R. Munusamy, who had been discharged in 1997 as an undesirable soldier under Army Rule 13(3) III(v) on administrative grounds. Munusamy later claimed a pension for a right partial seizure diagnose…