UNION OF INDIA vs KRISHNA MODI

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of entitlement to pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980. The court found that the respondent, who claimed to have been underground during the freedom movement, was entitled to the pension as his application had been unjustly rejected. The court upheld the High Court's decision to grant the pension, emphasizing the need for fair consideration of claims made under the scheme.