The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a divorced daughter may claim her late father’s family pension if she was financially dependent on him during his lifetime, even when the divorce became final after his death. The court cited a government memo and stressed the pension rules’ beneficial purpose, focusing on dependency and marital breakdown before the father’s death.
The Tripura High Court denied a daughter her father’s family pension after her divorce was finalized years later. The court held that eligibility for family pension must be present at the time of the pensioner’s death, not later. Her father died in 2018, but her divorce was finalized in 2021—after which she sought the pension.
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