Court Upholds Bank's Recovery of Overpaid Pension, Rejects Widow's Plea, Citing Excess Pension Paid from Public Money: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court recently dismissed a petition regarding the recovery of excess pension payments, reaffirming the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines and the relevant legal precedents. The petitioner, Savitri Devi, a widow receiving pension following her husband’s death, challenged the bank’s recovery of excess payments made over a period of 16 years. The court relied heavily on various legal provisions and previous judgments, including the Jagdev Singh case…
