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United Bank of India (Now Punjab National Bank) v. Swapan Kumar Mullick & Ors.

Service Law

Disposed of
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
22 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1642
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 9679/2025
Bench
Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan

Issue for consideration

Issue arose to determine whether an employee resigning from service citing mental depression, after having served his employer much in excess of the period stipulated to qualify for being entitled to pension, forfeits his right to opt for pension in terms of in the Pension Regulations for all times to come, or, in view of pension being a social welfare measure for employees in the winter years of their life, adopting a beneficial approach is permissible.

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