Service Law and Arrears of Pension : Supreme Court highlights legal principles

Service Law and Arrears of Pension : Supreme Court highlights legal principles

Dealing with a case of disability pension, it has been held that "where the State itself, by a conscious policy decision, has determined that arrears of disability pension are payable from a specified cut off date, it is not open to it to subsequently resile and contend that such arrears ought to be confined to a period of three years preceding the claim."

Union of India v. Girish Kumar [2026] GCtR 125 (SC)

Legal Principles of Departmental Enquiry Explained by Supreme Court

Legal Principles of Departmental Enquiry Explained by Supreme Court

"In a departmental enquiry entailing consequences like loss of job which nowadays means loss of livelihood, there must be fair play in action."

K. Rajaiah v. High Court for State of Telangana [2026] GCtR 124 (SC)