Union of India and Anr. v. Janardan Singh

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Keywords: disability pension; attributability; aggravation; Invaliding Medical Board; Release Medical Board; constitutional disorder; low medical category; SHAPE-1; rounding-off of disability element; lifestyle diseases at peace station; hypertension as notified disease; diabetes mellitus; Guide to Medical Officers (Military Pension) para 43 hypertension; Pension Entitlement Rules 2008 Rules 4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12; Pension Entitlement Rules 1982; Navy (Pension) Regulations 1964 Regs 100,101,105,105-B; Pension Regulations for the Army 1961 Reg 173; Army Pension Regulations 2008 Reg 37; Army Rules 1954 Rule 13(3) Item III(i); Casualty Pension Rules 2008 appeal; Armed Forces Tribunal Mumbai OA 166/2020; Article 226 judicial review - perversity/ignored material facts standard; Dharamvir Singh presumption of sound health at entry; benefit of doubt to serviceman; onus on employer; Rajumon T.M. reasons requirement of Medical Board; Narsingh Yadav distinguished (Schizophrenia). Parties: Union of India v. Lt. Col. S.K. Rathore (decd.) through widow Collen Rathore and ~50 connected Army/Navy veteran respondents (incl. Chandrakant Hausa Bapu Pote, Gulab Yasin Tamboli, Mukesh Trehan, K. Muniraj, Maj. Rajgopalan C, Anand Baitule, Janardan Singh, Anan Jaiswal, Sabha Jeet Singh, K.V. Santosh, Dayashankar Pasi).