JAGDAMBA DEVI vs UNION OF INDIA .

The Supreme Court upheld the rejection of the appellant's claim for dependent family pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980, citing the requirement of a minimum six months of detention as per the statutory mandate. The Court found that the deceased, Hari Kant Jha, was detained for only thirteen days, and the claim was not supported by satisfactory evidence of his underground status for the requisite period. Consequently, the Court dismissed the appeal, affirming the High Court's decision which had overturned the earlier ruling in favor of the appellant.