Woman divorced after father's death can get his family pension, Tripura HC rules
The Tripura High Court ruled that a divorced daughter is eligible for her deceased father's family pension, even if the divorce occurred after his death. The court rejected the municipal corporation's attempt to deny benefits based on her marital status at the time of the father's passing.
Why it matters
This ruling clarifies pension eligibility rights for divorced women, ensuring social security protections are not restricted by narrow interpretations of marital status.
NEW DELHI: The Tripura high court has directed the Agartala Municipal Corporation to pay family pension to a divorced daughter from the date she obtained her divorce, ruling that she could not be denied the benefit merely because she was still married when her pensioner father died. The court directed the corporation to pay her pension from October 4, 2021, with arrears and 6 percent interest.Why was the woman's family pension claim rejected?According to the August 18 order, Ujjwala Rani Paul was the daughter of an Agartala Municipal Corporation employee who retired in 2004 and died on December 2, 2018. However, his wife had already died.Paul had been married to Pradip Saha when her father died. She later obtained a mutual-consent divorce from him on October 4, 2021.
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