Initiated process to withdraw communication on payment of OROP dues in 4 instalments: Govt to SCA bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which is scheduled to hear on Monday the plea of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) over...
19 Mar, 2023, 10.24 PM IST
Defence Ministry's stand on 'one rank, one pension' arrears riles Supreme CourtAppearing on behalf of the government, attorney general R Venkataramani said the Centre had paid one instalment of Orop arrears but needed ...
14 Mar, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
OROP arrear payment: First withdraw January 20 communication, Supreme Court tells govtThe government had issued a notification on January saying that it would pay the OROP arrears in four instalments.
13 Mar, 2023, 01.23 PM IST
Supreme Court hauls up defence ministry for Orop arrears delayAppearing on behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi questioned how the government could unilaterally alter the deadline s...
28 Feb, 2023, 06.45 AM IST
Supreme Court raps Ministry of Defence over payment of arrears of OROP in installments"You tell the secretary we are going to take action against him for that January 20 communication. Either withdraw it, or we are going to i...
27 Feb, 2023, 03.54 PM IST
SC to hear on Monday plea by ex-servicemen for payment of OROP arrears in one installmentA bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala is scheduled to take up the application filed by Indian ...
26 Feb, 2023, 10.32 PM IST
Centre increases defence pension, to pay arrears tooDefence pensioners will also get arrears as the government will revise all scales with effect from 2019. The revision had been held up sinc...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Revision of pension under OROP under process: GovtThe minister also cited the Supreme Court's order on the matter. The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a plea seeking the review of its o...
29 Jul, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Eyes on OROP: Centre mulls roll out of arrears for defence pensionersDefence pensioners are set to get arrears in excess of Rs 2,000 crore as the government will revise all scales with effect from 2019, with ...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
BJP govt encashing valour of armed forces personnel for vote politics: Adhir Ranjan ChowdhurySpeaking during the Zero Hour, Chowdhury said the previous Congress-led UPA government had on February 17, 2014 promised to implement OROP ...
30 Mar, 2022, 03.27 PM IST
No constitutional infirmity in One Rank One Pension scheme: SCThe Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's decision on One Rank, One Pension (OROP), and said that it does not find any constit...
17 Mar, 2022, 08.06 PM IST
Supreme Court finds nothing wrong with government's OROP policyThe letter, issued to the chiefs of the three defence forces, had defined OROP as the payment of uniform pension to armed services personne...
16 Mar, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
OROP in Armed Forces: Govt can't be held to Parliament promise; Centre to SCEx-servicemen claimed OROP originally envisaged uniform payment of pension to ex-servicemen who retired with the same rank and same years i...
17 Feb, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
One-rank-one pension should be accorded across all ranks, demand servicemenA group of 254 major generals has decided to reject the grant of one-rank one-pension unless it is accorded across all ranks.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.36 PM IST
Ram Jethmalani to fight legal battle on OROP issueSenior Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani today assured the ex-servicemen demanding "complete implementation" of 'One Rank One Pension' th...
29 Apr, 2016, 05.32 PM IST
Supreme Court posts plea on OROP for final hearingThe bench is hearing a contempt petition filed by retired Major General S P S Vains on the issue and had made the Defence Ministry a party ...
16 Nov, 2015, 07.19 PM IST
Narendra Modi committed 'fraud' on people over black money: Ram JethmalaniJethmalani has accused PM Modi of "letting down" officers and men of the armed forces on the OROP issue and committing a "fraud" on the peo...
03 Nov, 2015, 10.55 PM IST