Union of India through Ministry of Defence v. Ex Sub Shedage Sudhir Ramchandra
Case brief
What is this about?
Union of India v. military personnel (Army & Navy) — batch challenge to Armed Forces Tribunal, Mumbai disability pension awards; Medical Board/Invaliding Medical Board opinion not final or sacrosanct; attributability and aggravation; constitutional disorder; hypertension; diabetes mellitus; lifestyle diseases at peace stations; onus of proof on employer; Pension Entitlement Rules 2008 (Rules 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) versus Pension Entitlement Rules 1982; Navy (Pension) Regulations 1964 (Regulations 100, 101, 105, 105-B); Pension Regulations for the Army 1961 (Regulation 173) and 2008 (Regulation 37); Army Rules 1954 Rule 13(3) Item III(i); Casualty Pension Rules 2008 appeal; delay and laches; rounding off disability element; Dharamvir Singh line of Supreme Court authority; Rajumon T.M. reasons requirement; Article 226 judicial review of Tribunal; writ petitions dismissed; interim orders vacated.