No Distinction Can Be Made Between Unmarried and Divorced Daughters in Grant of Freedom Fighters’ Pension: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has reaffirmed that a divorced daughter who is living in impoverished circumstances is also a dependent eligible to receive Freedom Fighters Pension. The ruling was delivered by Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, who followed the view taken by the Supreme Court in the case of Khajani Devi, holding that the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme and similar special family pension schemes were created to honour the sacrifices of…
