Case brief
What is this about?
disability pension; attributability; aggravation; Invaliding Medical Board; Release Medical Board; constitutional disorder; lifestyle diseases; primary hypertension; diabetes mellitus; dyslipidemia; obesity; chronic myeloid leukemia; panic disorder; Pension Entitlement Rules 2008 Rules 4-12; rounding off disability element; low medical category; premature retirement; superannuation; Op Parakram; Armed Forces Tribunal Mumbai; Article 226 review of tribunal; Dharamvir Singh presumption of sound condition; benefit of doubt; onus of proof; Rule 7 fifteen years; Navy (Pension) Regulations 1964 Regulation 100 101 105 105-B; Regulation 173 Pension Regulations Army 1961; Regulation 37 Pension Regulations Army 2008; Guide to Medical Officers Military Pension; writ petitions dismissed; interim orders vacated.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner-Union of India; all writ petitions in the batch dismissed, and interim orders (including the order dated 15th February 2024 in Original Side Writ Petition No. 4362 of 2024 and similar orders in connected matters) stand vacated.