Union of India & Ors. v. Sgt Deepak (Retired)
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi HC batch dismissal (17.07.2025; C. Hari Shankar, J., author; Ajay Digpaul, J.) of c.60 UOI writ petitions led by W.P.(C) 2308/2024 challenging Armed Forces Tribunal disability-pension grants where RMB found disabilities NANA (primary hypertension, DM-II, CAD, seizure disorder, stroke, thyroid carcinoma, retinal detachment); covered by 80+ prior judgments of this Bench/Coordinate Bench and by Dharamvir Singh v UOI ((2013) 7 SCC 316) and Vijender Singh v UOI (2025 SCC OnLine SC 895); pending SLP v UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso did not defer decision (per UT of Ladakh v J&K National Conference, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1140); UOI directed to implement Tribunal orders within 8 weeks.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner Union of India; all writ petitions dismissed and the Union of India directed to implement the Armed Forces Tribunal's disability-pension orders within eight weeks.