In Brief
A widow whose first husband, a government servant, died during active service was granted pension. She later remarried. The deceased's mother obtained a Writ Petition (without the widow as a party) seeking family pension, arguing the widow had remarried. The High Court stopped the widow's pension. The widow's second husband subsequently died. The Supreme Court allowed her appeal, holding that under Rule 12 of the Extraordinary Pension Rules, family pension can be restored when a widow's second marriage ends by death, and she cannot be adversely affected by proceedings in which she was not a party. Pension was restored from the date of the second husband's death.
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