Court Rules: No Maternal Family Pension Eligibility for Women Divorced After Father's Death

Nov 25, 2025 05:30 pm CST

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that women who divorce after their father's death are not entitled to maternal family pension benefits. This significant judgment clarifies that pension eligibility requires financial dependency on the father at the time of his death, overturning a previous Central Administrative Tribunal decision that had granted such pension rights to divorced women.