UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER

CWP-32188-2024 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (240) CWP-32188-2024 Date of Decision : May 07, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Narender Kumar Vashist, Senior Panel Counsel, for the petitioners-UOI. Mr. Arshit Goel, Advocate, for respondent No.2. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. Present writ petition has been filed challenging the order dated 30.09.2022 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.1- Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh by which, the special family pension has been given in favour of respondent No.2. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in the present case, the husband of respondent No.2 fell from cycle and succumbed to the injuries while availing benefit of casual leave hence, there was no causal connection of death of husband of respondent No.2 with the military service and therefore, said death cannot be treated as attributable to the military service hence, the grant of benefit of special family pension in favour of respondent No.2 by tr