Union of India & Ors. v. Ex Mwo Vijender Singh Teotia
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court considered twenty-one connected writ petitions by the Union challenging Armed Forces Tribunal grants of disability pension to retired Air Force and Army personnel on grounds that their lifestyle diseases arose in peace stations. Counsel conceded the matters were covered by earlier judgments; all writ petitions were dismissed with directions to implement the Tribunal orders.
What did the court decide?
Petitioners directed to implement Tribunal disability-pension orders within eight weeks.