Mst Kartik Dhaniya (Minor) (through His Grand Mother Smt. Bhagwati Devi v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, W.P.(C) 5019/2019 (order dated 05.02.2026, V. Kameswar Rao & Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, JJ.): petition by minor son Kartik Dhaniya (through grandmother Bhagwati Devi) for division of deceased employee's terminal benefits (DCRG, FPN, GIS, GPF, RPS) and family pension with the deceased's second wife Smt. Sangita (R-5) disposed of on recorded counsel consensus - equal sharing of family pension and terminal benefits; child's 1/2 pension share till age 25 if unmarried and earning up to Rs. 9,000 plus DR; payment within four weeks with adjustment of sums earlier drawn by R-5; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of: family pension and terminal benefits (DCRG, FPN, GIS, GPF, RPS) to be shared in equal halves between petitioner Kartik Dhaniya and respondent no. 5; payment within four weeks with adjustment of amounts already received by respondent no. 5 under an earlier order of this Court; petitioner's 1/2 share of family pension continues till age 25 subject to the recorded conditions (unmarried; employment income not exceeding Rs. 9000 plus DR); pending application disposed of.