'Shocking': HC on plea opposing benefits to Vir Chakra awardee

We direct the petitioners to implement the order within a period of one month henceforth, failing which, 15% additional interest upon interest already directed by the AFT, shall be payable... PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT

- HT Correspondent

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the army and the central government to clear pension arrears of a Vir Chakra awardee of the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, Capt Reet MP Singh, within one month as ordered by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) in 2018.

A bench comprising justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and justice Meenakshi I Mehta expressed shock in the matter that the war hero from Patiala was dragged into litigation and that the judgment passed by the AFT in 2018 was now being challenged despite the issue being settled by the apex court in 2014.