Pension Cut Imposed on Government Servant for Showing Live-In Partner as Wife Set Aside: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has delivered an important judgment protecting pensionary rights of a government servant, holding that seeking to declare a live-in partner as wife in official records without obtaining a divorce does not amount to grave misconduct. A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain set aside the penalty imposed on the petitioner and quashed the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal. Background of the…
