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Anil Agrawal (Retired)     01 April 2010

Niggardly

We are not ashamed but don't call us beggar, miserly and niggardly.

"If a person goes to any part of Delhi and sits for begging, he will earn Rs 1000 every day and you are offering a pittance of Rs 1000 per month for a man who fought for the country in the high altitudes and whose arm was amputated? 

"Is this the way you treat those brave army officers? It is unfortunate that you are treating them like beggars," a bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and A K Patnaik said in verbal comments while passing the order. 

The apex court passed the order dismissing the Centre's appeal challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to pay higher pension to C S Siddu, a Short Commissioned Officer whose right arm had to be amputated due to an accident while on duty at the high altitudes on November November 21, 1970. 

"The army personnel are bravely defending the country even at the cost of their lives and we feel they should be treated in a better and more humane manner by government authorities, particularly, in respect of their emoluments, pension and other benefits," the bench said in an order. 

There was an element of drama in the court when Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi pleaded with the court not to use "strong words" in the order like "beggars," "niggardly" "miserly", following which the bench dropped them from the written order. 

"We regret to say that the army officers and army men in our country are being treated in a shabby manner by the government. In this case, the respondent,(Sidhu) who was posted at a high altitude field area and met with an accident during discharge of his duties was granted a meagre pension. This is a pittance (about Rs 1000) per month plus D.A. 



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 4 Replies

Adv. karinamishra (-)     01 April 2010

thanks for the information .

adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (practicing advocate)     02 April 2010

We dont have respect towards our brave soldiers. These Indian politicians without doing anything for the country getting all tghe benefits.  For eg., our president what she does cuts the ribbon, giving awards except attending the function nothiung doing but she is getting all benefits.  This is our system. It is to be changed, but India will not change because it is in the hands of bladdy politicians.  Who is fighting for their survive.

Bhartiya No. 1 (Nationalist)     02 April 2010

Rule of law is making people anti-national. It is dog sleeping on the food of Cow.

Gundlapallis (Advocate)     04 April 2010

The excitement of Court observations are bye gone with those days... when politicians had some standards, morals and respect for institututions - Now, this is just another thump on a beast (Political bureaucracy) that the animal will never remember, but we the onlookers feel pity but cant help.


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