Says Parents Entitled For Pension As Trooper's Widow Had Remarried

Says Parents Entitled For Pension As Trooper's Widow Had Remarried

- Shailee Dogra

SHIMLA: In a significant ruling, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that "parents become entitled to family pension when the widow remarries," while coming to the aid of an 83-year-old mother of a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier.

"Parents become entitled to family pension when the widow remarries," ruled the Himachal Pradesh high court.

The bench of Justice Sandeep Sharma directed Union of India to grant family pension to Shankari Devi, 83, while setting aside a decades-old rejection order making her ineligible.

The court directed the Union government to consider the prayer made by the petitioner for grant of family pension, strictly in terms of Sub-clause 10 of Rule 50 of the Rules, which makes parents entitled for pension after remarriage of a widow.