SANTOSH DEVI vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal's decision denying family pension to the appellant, Santosh Devi, under the Pension Regulation for Army, 1961, stating that her husband, Ex. Sepoy Raj Singh, did not complete the requisite fifteen years of embodied service before his death. The Court ruled that personnel of the Territorial Army in disembodied state do not have the same entitlements as regular army personnel, thus affirming the Tribunal's finding that the denial of pension was not discriminatory and did not violate Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the Tribunal's order.