Supreme Court of India

N.N. Godfred & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 11 July 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid facts and legal position, Submarine Pay was includible in “pay”, for the purposes of computing the Service Pen- sion of the appellants.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law – Naval Service – Service Pension if includes Submarine Pay – Appellants enrolled in the Indian Navy as Sailors and subsequently joined its Submarine Arm – Appellants aggrieved with the refusal of the respondents to take Submarine Pay into account while calculating pension payable to them – Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) held that submarine pay/allowance cannot be counted for the purpose of determining pension – On appeal, held: Concept of Submarine Pay was introduced by Union of India vide Letter dated May 31, 1967 – It was granted to Officers and Sailors who were qualified to serve…

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