Family pension denied to daughter over divorce timing; Tripura High Court ruling explainedA daughter has been denied her father's family pension by the Tripura High Court. She divorced her husband after her father's passing. The ...
26 Apr, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Widow wins right to higher pension and dues: Allahabad HC allows claim based on husband’s 1993 regularisationIn a significant ruling on February 5, 2026, the Allahabad High Court affirmed that a deceased employee's legal representative can claim te...
24 Feb, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
UP Widow Pension Scheme: How to apply on sspy-up.gov.in to get Rs 1,500 monthly, documents needed, eligibility and other detailsUP scholarship: The Uttar Pradesh government has increased the pension amount for widows to Rs 1,500 per month in this budget. The eligible...
16 Feb, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Armed Force Tribunal holds IAF officer's death while saving kids 'attributable to military service'The Armed Forces Tribunal has awarded a special family pension to the widow of Wing Commander Durlabh Bhattacharya. He tragically drowned w...
24 Jan, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
Allegations of adultery can’t deny a wife her family pension, rules Bombay HCIn a significant verdict, the Bombay High Court has upheld the rights of a widow by granting her the family pension she deserves. Despite h...
10 Dec, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Wife to get central government pension under CCS rules as husband went missing for more than seven years: Chhattisgarh High Court orderA Chhattisgarh High Court order grants a wife her husband's central government pension. The husband, a senior technician at Bhilai Steel Pl...
29 Oct, 2025, 11.27 AM IST
Family pension rules for widows: Centre explains who gets pension when deceased pensioner had two wivesThe Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has re-issued rules for settling claims. If a deceased government servant had two wives, ...
28 Oct, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Wife files case 24 years after husband's death in govt job; Rajasthan High Court orders pension, gratuity payout with interestA widow won a Rajasthan High Court case for her husband's family pension and gratuity, 24 years after his 1990 death. Despite his "temporar...
04 Oct, 2025, 07.15 AM IST
Widow, turned down by JPMorgan over husband's $53K pension, receives surprise check from strangersAccording to the widow, Elaine Silverberg, a former government administrator, the fully vested cash pile is worth an estimated $53,000. The...
03 Mar, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
New pension rules: These female central govt employees can now nominate children for family pension instead of husbandThe Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has announced that a woman central government employee can choose to nominate her child or ...
05 Jan, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
Govt lets women employees nominate children instead of husband for pension in marital discord casesIf a deceased government servant or pensioner is survived by a spouse, family pension is first granted to the spouse. Other family members ...
02 Jan, 2024, 04.04 PM IST
Central govt employee's family member can get family pension even if member's name not in recordsIn case a member of the family is not included in Form 4 and wants to claim a family pension after the death of the government employee, he...
11 Nov, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Is there a restriction on pension to a family member from two sources of the same pensioner?Sub-rule 13-B of Rule 54 prohibited grant of two family pensions to a person who was already in receipt of Family Pension or was eligible, ...
27 May, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
You have very limited choice as to who gets your EPF, EPS, EDLI in case you dieIf you will your EPF and EDLI money to anyone other than the defined 'family' members, then the nomination made in the scheme would overrid...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
Assam launches scheme to give Rs 2.5 lakh to COVID widowsAt least 873 beneficiaries have been identified as of now under this scheme, and all the cheques will be given to them by state ministers i...
11 Jul, 2021, 03.31 PM IST
Police puts ‘starvation death victim’ in the dock for fudging AadhaarThe woman’s stepson has now been arrested by the police due to the fraud committed by him as part of a conspiracy while the deceased woman ...
23 Dec, 2017, 01.22 AM IST
Non-registration of marriage no ground for rejecting FPS: Madras HC"The officer is directed to extend the family pension to the petitioner without insisting upon the certificate," the judge said.
22 Jul, 2015, 01.10 AM IST