UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs 781466 EX SGT KRISHNA KUMAR DIWEDI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 06.01.2026 W.P.(C) 88/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC, Mr. Ansh Kalra, Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Neeraj Raj, Advs., Sgt Mritunjay and Sgt Padam Charan. versus 781466 EX SGT KRISHNA KUMAR DIWEDI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tatsat Shukla and Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 499/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 88/2026 and CM APPL. 498/2026 3. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India lays a challenge to the order dated 26.09.2024 (‘impugned order’) passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’, for short) in O.A. 3720/2023 titled ‘Ex. SGT Krishna Kumar Dwivedi v. Union of India and Others’, whereby the Tribunal has partially allowed the O.A. filed by the respondent herein and granted disability element of pension to the respondent for Primary Hypertension at 30% to be rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of retirem