Sri.Mariamma Apram vs A.V.Abraham on 24 August, 2009
The decision in Bhakra Beas
Management Board v. Smt.Kanta Aggarwal and others {AIR
2008 SC 3118} rendered by a Bench of two Judges does not
purport to overrule the judgment in Helen C. Rebello (Mrs)
and others vs. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation
and another {1999 (1) SCC 90}. There appears to be some
reasoning also in regard to the component of family pension
which appears to advance the case of the appellant. Family
pension is not something which one gets only in the case of a
death by accident. Pension is no bounty. It is essentially
earned by the employee. Whether the person died as a result
of accident or otherwise the widow would be entitled to family
pension.