Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961

Abhiram Verma, an officer of the Indian Army Medical Corps, obtained a permanent commission in 1998 and applied for resignation on 15 April 2000 citing lack of promotion. The resignation was initially rejected, but after a series of statutory complaints and a High Court order, it was accepted on 31 January 2007 without…

Havildar Ashok Kumar completed 24 years of service in the Indian Army and was granted a two‑year extension. During the extension he suffered a stroke, was classified as SHAPE‑3 with 80% disability and was discharged. He was awarded a disability pension under Regulation 173‑A of the Army Pension Regulations, 1961, but s…

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…

The case concerned an Army officer who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was invalided out in medical category "EEE" with 60% disability. The Medical Board at the Command Hospital opined that the disability was neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. The officer’s legal representatives filed a wr…

Pani Ram, a former regular army infantry officer, re‑enrolled in the Territorial Army (TA) and suffered a severe accident while returning from leave, resulting in an 80% disability. The Medical Board and a Court of Inquiry found the injury attributable to military service, and he was invalided out, seeking a disability…

The respondent, a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army, was court‑martialled under Sections 40(a) and 48 of the Army Act, 1950, found guilty and dismissed from service. He filed a writ petition seeking pensionary benefits, and the Delhi High Court, relying on Major G.S. Sodhi’s case, held that he was entitled…

Manjeet Singh joined the Indian Army in 1999 and was later diagnosed with generalized tonic‑clonic seizures and neurotic depression, leading to his invalidation in 2002 with a composite disability of 20%. The Medical Board denied him a disability pension, concluding the ailments were constitutional and unrelated to ser…

The case concerned ex‑servicemen who, after being granted disability pension, sought arrears of pension dating back to their discharge dates, invoking the Supreme Court's 2014 judgment in Union of India v. Ram Avtar which recognized a broad‑banding right. The Union of India appealed, arguing that the Limitation Act, 19…

The respondent, a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army, was arrested in August 1990 and tried for an offence under Section 64(e) of the Army Act. Although he retired on superannuation on 31 August 1990, the Army extended his subjection to the Act until the trial concluded. He was convicted, sentenced to one y…

The appellant, a former Indian Army sepoy, was medically invalided and discharged after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, with the Medical Board concluding the disorder was a constitutional personality disorder unrelated to his service. He sought a disability pension, but the pension authority rejected his claim base…

Raj Singh, a Territorial Army (TA) enrollee since 1995, was disembodied on 31 March 2008 and died on 4 August 2008 while in that disembodied state. His wife filed a writ petition seeking family pension, which was denied by the Armed Forces Tribunal on the ground that he had not completed the fifteen years of embodied s…