Union of India through Ministry of Defence v. Shankar Biswas (Retd)
Case brief
What is this about?
Disability pension; Armed Forces Tribunal Mumbai; Invaliding Medical Board; Release Medical Board; attributability; aggravation; constitutional disorder; lifestyle diseases; primary hypertension; diabetes mellitus; chronic myeloid leukemia; 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); Pension Regulations for the Army 2008 (Reg 37); Guide to Medical Officers (Military Pension); Army Rules 1954 Rule 13(3); Casualty Pension Rules 2008; Dharamvir Singh; Rajbir Singh; Ramavtar rounding off; Sukhvinder Singh; Bijender Singh; Rajumon T.M.; Narsingh Yadav distinguished; D.S. Nakara; Deokinandan Prasad; onus of proof; delay and laches; premature retirement; low medical category; Article 226; writ petitions dismissed; interim orders vacated.