Archive · 25 Nov 2025
Calcutta High Court Denies Pension to Divorced Daughter
The Calcutta High Court recently made a decision about a family pension.
A daughter wanted to get her father's pension after she got divorced.
Her father had passed away in 2003, and she was married at that time.
The court said that since she was not dependent on her father when he died, she cannot get the pension now.
The court also disagreed with an earlier decision that said divorced women could get a pension if they started the divorce process while their parents were alive.
The court's main point is that only people who were dependent on the family member at the time of their death can get the pension.
The Calcutta High Court ruled that a divorced daughter is not entitled to her father's family pension if she was married and not dependent on him at the time of his death.
The court dismissed a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) verdict that granted pensions to divorced women under certain conditions.
The petitioner's father retired in 1996 and passed away in 2003, while the daughter got divorced in 2016.
The Centre argued that the daughter was not dependent on her father's pension at the time of his death and thus not eligible for it.
The court upheld the Centre's decision, stating that only dependents of the family are eligible for the family pension.
- Who
- A divorced daughter and the Central government
- What
- A legal dispute over family pension eligibility
- When
- The High Court ruling was passed on Monday and uploaded on Tuesday
- Where
- Calcutta High Court, India
- Why
- The court ruled that the daughter was not dependent on her father at the time of his death and thus not entitled to the family pension
- Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Judges
- Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen
- Petitioner's Father
- Retired from Central government service in 1996, passed away in 2003
- Petitioner's Divorce
- 2016
- CAT Verdict
- Granted pension to divorced women under certain conditions
- Centre's Stance
- Denied pension to the petitioner, upheld by the High Court