New Delhi, February 12
The Ministry of Defence, in a
significant decision, is now working to withdraw all appeals filed in courts
against disabled soldiers.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,
at a recent meeting of officials, had instructed that a formula be devised to
withdraw appeals filed against grant of disability pension to soldiers.
In
June last year, the MoD decided not to challenge court orders asking to
give disability pension to its soldiers. The move affected hundreds who
suffered disability during service or families of those who died because of a
disability while in service. However, the MoD had not issued instructions on
pending cases in which appeals had been filed in courts even when soldiers had
won in the Armed Forces Tribunal. — TNS
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