Union of India and Anr. v. Sabha Jeet Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Disability pension; Armed Forces Tribunal Mumbai; attributability and aggravation of disease; Invaliding Medical Board / Release Medical Board opinion not sacrosanct; Tribunal jurisdiction to review medical board findings; Pension Entitlement Rules 2008 (Rules 4-12) versus 1982 regime; Rule 7 onus after 15 years; Rule 8 seven-year post-discharge window; Navy (Pension) Regulations 1964 Regs 100, 101, 105, 105-B; Pension Regulations for the Army 1961 Reg 173 and 2008 Reg 37; Army Rules 1954 Rule 13(3) Item III(i); Article 226 interference standard; lifestyle and constitutional diseases (primary hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, chronic myeloid leukemia); lead case Lt Col S.K. Rathore, O.A. 166/2020; Union of India petitions dismissed; interim orders vacated; relied on Dharamvir Singh (2013) 7 SCC 316, Rajbir Singh (2015) 12 SCC 264, Ramavtar 2014 SCC OnLine SC 1761, Sukhvinder Singh (2014) 14 SCC 364, Bijender Singh 2025 SCC OnLine SC 895, Rajumon T.M. 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1064; distinguished Narsingh Yadav (2019) 9 SCC 667.