Union Of India Vs Ex. Hav. Attar Singh - Appeals Against AFT - Policy

Practice and Procedure - Several appeals are being filed by the Union of India in this Court challenging the orders of the Armed Forces Tribunal wherein the benefit of disability pension has been granted to the members of the armed forces when they are invalidated after working for several years. The Government must adopt a benevolent approach while dealing with those who have served the armed forces for several years. The Armed Forces Tribunal consists of a very senior retired armed forces officer apart from a retired Judge of the High Court. In our view, every member of the armed forces, who gets the relief of grant of disability pension from the Tribunal, need not be dragged to this Court. As in the case of tax matters, we are of the view that the Government of India must evolve a policy. There has to be some scrutiny before a decision is taken to drag the members of the armed forces to this Court. (Para 4)