PRIYA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

121 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA-1553-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 27th May, 2026. PRIYA .…...Appellant(s) V/s UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER ......Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present Mr. Kulwant Singh Boparai, Advocate, for the appellant. **** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) 1. The claim of the appellant for family pension has been rejected by the learned Single Bench after noticing the facts of the case according to which the appellant’s marriage with a public servant was a second marriage during the subsistence of the first marriage. The Rules have been examined by the learned Single Bench to come to the conclusion that such second marriage does not create any right in favour of the appellant to claim family pension. 2. After the death of Major Hari Singh, one Civil Suit was filed by the first wife-Mohinder Kaur, seeking declaration regarding her title to receive retirement benefits of her husband, which was decreed in her favour, however, the appellate court held the appellant herein to be the legally wedded wife based on proof of marriage and Will. Thereafter, this Court, in RSA No. 100