Rameshwari Devi vs State Of Bihar And Others on 27 January, 2000
16. The Tribunal has carefully considered the submissions of learned
counsel for the applicants in the light of the law laid down by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court in Rameshwari Devi v. State of Bihar, (2000)
2 SCC 431, which recognizes that minor children of a void second
marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956, are entitled to family
pension and are legitimate through the marriage itself, while the second
widow is not entitled to claim pension. In view of this legal position, the
entitlement of Applicant No. 2 as the minor daughter of the deceased
employee is to be considered independently of the claims of Applicant
Digitally No. 1.