STATE BANK OF PATIALA vs MANJEET

The Supreme Court upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court's decision granting family pension to the respondent under the State Bank of Patiala (Employees) Pension Regulations, 1995. The Court clarified that the denial of pension based on the argument that the widow was alive and the claim was not made within the stipulated time was incorrect. The Court emphasized that the respondent, as a minor, was entitled to the family pension, and the regulations did not preclude her claim despite her mother's status.