Union of India & Ors. v. Sub Chetna Ram (Retd)
Case brief
What is this about?
Disability pension armed forces; Entitlement Rules 1982 vs 2008; presumption of attributability removed; Rule 7 onus of proof; Release Medical Board duty to record reasons; Regulation 423 RMSAF 2010; peace station onset immaterial; lifestyle disease; Diabetes Mellitus Type-II; Primary Hypertension; Ischaemic Heart Disease; GMO 2008 Paragraphs 26, 43, 47; Dharamvir Singh (2013) 7 SCC 316; Rajumon T.M. 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1064; Gawas Anil Madso 2025:DHC:2021-DB; judicial review of medical board opinion; Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench; Article 226; Union of India writ petitions dismissed.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioners; the writ petitions were dismissed, leaving intact the Impugned Orders of the Tribunal directing grant of the disability element of pension (in the lead matter, 20% for life rounded off to 50% for life).