Supreme Court pulls up MoD for defaulting on OROP dues

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday confronted the Supreme Court’s wrath for its notification dated January 20, 2023, wherein it said its intention to pay the arrears beneath the one Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme to all eligible pensioners by means of 4 equal instalments.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala directed the Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen of the MoD to file a private affidavit explaining the circumstances wherein the unilateral determination was taken within the tooth of the SC’s order to disburse the funds by March 15, 2023.

Expressing displeasure with the notification, the CJI warned {that a} contempt discover could be issued in opposition to the involved Secretary. Pulling up ASG Venkataraman showing for the MoD, the CJI stated, “You tell the Secretary we’re going to take action against him if he doesn’t withdraw January 20 notification. Sanctity of judicial process has to be maintained.”

“Either the communication needs to be withdrawn or we’ll issue a notice of contempt against your secretary. You have no business taking the law into your own hands. Here you are going to war against the rule of law. You better put your house in order,”  the CJI added additional. 

Representing the ex-servicemen, Senior Advocate Hufeza Ahmadi stated that roughly 4 lakh pensioners had handed away within the interregnum.  “Approximately 4 lakh pensioners have passed away and will never benefit from OROP. These pensioners are Army personnel,” he stated.

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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday confronted the Supreme Court’s wrath for its notification dated January 20, 2023, wherein it said its intention to pay the arrears beneath the one Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme to all eligible pensioners by means of 4 equal instalments.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala directed the Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen of the MoD to file a private affidavit explaining the circumstances wherein the unilateral determination was taken within the tooth of the SC’s order to disburse the funds by March 15, 2023.

Expressing displeasure with the notification, the CJI warned {that a} contempt discover could be issued in opposition to the involved Secretary. Pulling up ASG Venkataraman showing for the MoD, the CJI stated, “You tell the Secretary we’re going to take action against him if he doesn’t withdraw January 20 notification. Sanctity of judicial process has to be maintained.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Either the communication needs to be withdrawn or we’ll issue a notice of contempt against your secretary. You have no business taking the law into your own hands. Here you are going to war against the rule of law. You better put your house in order,”  the CJI added additional. 

Representing the ex-servicemen, Senior Advocate Hufeza Ahmadi stated that roughly 4 lakh pensioners had handed away within the interregnum.  “Approximately 4 lakh pensioners have passed away and will never benefit from OROP. These pensioners are Army personnel,” he stated.

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