IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Sanjay Kumar Medhi
Jaymati Brahma, W/O- Pabin Brahma @ Pabin Chandra Brahma – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam Represented By the Commissioner And Secretary To The Govt. of Assam, Pension and Public Grievances Department – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner claims family pension as the first wife. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments regarding the validity of second marriage and nominee rights. (Para 3) |
| 3. contentions regarding validity of second marriage and affidavits. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. legal framework re: family pension and hindu marriage. (Para 8 , 10 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. court's evaluation of law against the parties' claims regarding family pension. (Para 9) |
| 6. legal status of second marriages under hindu marriage act. (Para 11) |
| 7. court's order for release of family pension to petitioner. (Para 14 , 15) |
JUDGMENT :
Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J.
The subject matter of this writ petition is a claim for family pension. As per case projected, the petitioner is the first wife of one Pabin Chandra Brahma, who was working as an Assistant Teacher of the Sairabari L.P. School in the district of Mushalpur, who had retired from services in the year 2012. After such retirement, the husband of the petitioner was getting his pension and he had passed away on 18.09.2018.
2. It is the case of the petitioner that on such eventuality, the family pension is required to be paid to the petitioner, more so, when her name has been recorded as the nomin
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