‘Army authorities chose to relieve themselves from onerous obligations’; Punjab and Haryana HC upheld disability pension of a soldier discharged from service on compassionate grounds
Respondent 1 was enrolled in Indian Army and was discharged from service on compassionate grounds. During his service, he incurred the disability of ‘Sensori Neural Hearing Loss B/L-H90′. Respondent 1’s disability element claim was rejected by the Competent Authority on the ground the disability is assessed as less than 20%.
