New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Supreme Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by the Forum of Retired IPS Officers (FORIPSO) challenging the validity of Part IV of the Finance Act, 2025, which retrospectively validates certain Central Civil Services pension rules.
The petition alleges that the provision is ultra vires and violates Article 14 of the Constitution.
A Bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Prasanna B. Varale sought responses from the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare.
The retired IPS officers' association contends that the impugned provision was enacted to nullify the Delhi High Court's March 20, 2024, judgment upheld by the Supreme Court on O...