HC upholds grant of liberalised family pension to kin of Army officer who died in bunker

CHANDIGARH: (Feb 10) The family of an Army officer, who died in his sleep inside a bunker on the international border in a notified operational area, is entitled to Liberalised Family Pension, Punjab and Haryana High Court has held, upholding the decision of the Armed Forces Tribunal.

In March 2023, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chandigarh had enhanced pensionary benefits to Anuradha Saini, the widow of Major Sushil Kumar Saini, the deceased officer.

The high court division bench comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Vikas Suri, in a recent order, upheld the decision of the AFT.