Plea Of Lack Of Funds Not Legally Tenable In Matters Of Payment Of Pension & Other Post Retirement Benefits: Gauhati HC [Read Order]

In a significant ruling, the Gauhati High Court has held that the right to receive post retirement benefits is sacrosanct and the same cannot be denied merely because of lack of funds. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi has held, "the plea of lack of funds though may be correct, the same is not legally tenable inasmuch as pension and other post retirement benefits are...