GURDIAL SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of pension entitlement under the Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme, 1972, emphasizing that the cancellation of pension and recovery of amounts paid to the appellant was unjustified. The Court held that the appellant, a claimed freedom fighter, was entitled to the pension from the date of his application as per the precedent set in Mukund Lal Bhandari & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. [1993 Suppl. (3) SCC 2]. The Court ordered the reinstatement of the pension and prohibited recovery of previously disbursed amounts.