Maya Banerjee v. Union of India & Ors
2026 INSC 9598 September 202615 min read
Maya Banerjee vs Union of India & Ors
Supreme Court grants widow full family pension arrears from husband's death (2000), following precedent that pension is a right, not a bounty.
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- Case Name
- Maya Banerjee v. Union of India & Ors.
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 959
- Bench
- Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar
- Date of Judgment
- August 20, 2026
- Area of Law
- Service Law, Pension, Family Pension, Limitation, Doctrine of Precedent
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