The top court has accepted sealed covers submitted by the Narendra Modi government in several important cases such as Bhima Koregaon, Electoral Bonds, the Rafale deal and the Ayodhya title dispute. But it refused to do so in the matter of the One Rank One Pension case, saying, it will be used “only when it is about a source or endangering someone's life.”
The Supreme Court on Monday laid down the deadlines for the Ministry of Defence to make payment of arrears under the One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP scheme) to retired military personnel/ family pensioners.
The court also requested that the defence ministry immediately remove its communication, noting that more than 4 lakh pensioners have passed away since the OROP litigation began in 2016.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the ministry to immediately withdraw its January 20 communication, which said OROP arrears will be paid in four installments.