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The Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the disability pension claim of a veteran who had served in the Indian Army for 15 years and was discharged in 1987 after he experienced cardiac.
The Indian defence ministry has implemented new rules for granting disability pensions to armed forces personnel. The rules introduce the concept of "impairment relief" to cover lifestyle-related diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. The changes come after concerns were raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that almost 40% of officers were claiming disabilities to receive higher pension benefits.
The judgment, apart from not being in consonance with earlier larger-bench decisions, results in a chilling effect on the disability rights of personnel discharged from the military on administrative grounds