Marriage Certificate should not be insisted for sanctioning Family Pension if the widow proves herself to be heir: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court Madurai bench while hearing a case relating to allowing family pension to the second wife held that officials should not insist on production of marriage certificate from Tahsildar or Registrar or District Court for sanctioning family pension when a widow produces 'heir' certificate.The Writ petition was filed by G. Pushpam, the widow of Late A. Ganesan and a Junior...