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Stepmother can't be given family pension under IAF rules: Govt
Orissa POST
|September 19, 2025
The Centre Thursday informed the Supreme Court that pension was “not a bounty” and a stepmother couldn't be considered for family pension under the Indian Air Force (IAF) rules being distinct from the natural mother in both legal and relational terms.
Before a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, the Centre referred to various decisions of the top court relating to maintenance and other welfare benefits which held the term “mother” refers to the natural or biological mother alone and not to a stepmother.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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