NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept the sealed cover note submitted by the Central government in the matter relating to the disbursal of pension arrears to retired defence personnel under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.
On previous occasions, the Defence ministry had come under the fire of the SC for not adhering to the timelines for disbursing the OROP pension arrears. When the matter was taken, Attorney General for India R Venkatramani presented a sealed cover note before the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. However, the bench flatly refused to accept the sealed cover note and stated that it has to be shared with the other side.
When the CJI asked the AG to share the note with senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi (who is representing the exservicemen), the AG said: "It is confidential". However, the CJI wondered what can be the secrecy here as the issue relates to the implementation of the Court orders.
This story is from the March 21, 2023 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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