Shimla, June 17 -- The Himachal Pradesh High court turned down an impugned court order which deprived the petitioner (who is mother of a deceased Border Security Force solider) of her benefit of family pension following the remarriage of her daughter in law.
In a significant ruling, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has directed the Union of India to grant family pension to an 83-year-old mother of a deceased Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, setting aside a decades-old rejection order.
The court held that parents become entitled to pension when the widow remarries, dismissing the government's plea of excessive delay in filing the case.
Justice Sandeep Sharma delivered the verdict on a petition filed by Shankari Devi and her late h...