{"id":89660,"date":"2009-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-union-of-india-vs-n-k-sarada-on-17-march-2009"},"modified":"2014-03-31T02:19:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T20:49:24","slug":"the-union-of-india-vs-n-k-sarada-on-17-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-union-of-india-vs-n-k-sarada-on-17-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Union Of India vs N.K.Sarada on 17 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Union Of India vs N.K.Sarada on 17 March, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1708 of 2008()\n\n\n1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE,\n3. AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, AIR FORCE\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. N.K.SARADA, WIDOW OF LATE (270174)\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE BANK OF INDIA, LOCAL HEAD OFFICE,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.V.K.SATHYANATHAN\n\nThe Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice MR.KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN\n\n Dated :17\/03\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                     KURIAN JOSEPH, Ag.CJ &amp;\n                    S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN,J.\n             ------------------------------------------\n                Writ Appeal No.1708 OF 2008\n             ------------------------------------------\n           Dated this the 17th day of March, 2009.\n\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Kurian Joseph, Ag.CJ.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The appellants are aggrieved by the judgment directing<\/p>\n<p>payment of family pension to the writ petitioner including arrears.\n<\/p>\n<p>It is brought to the notice of this Court that the issue is covered<\/p>\n<p>in favour of the writ petitioner by the order dated 26.02.2002 in<\/p>\n<p>Civil Appeal No.1034\/1999. Therefore, this appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                       KURIAN JOSEPH<br \/>\n                                   ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE<\/p>\n<p>                                   S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN<br \/>\n                                             JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n<p>KURIAN JOSEPH, Ag.CJ &amp;<br \/>\nS.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN,J.\n<\/p>\n<p> W.A. No.1708 OF 2008<\/p>\n<p>    J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>     17.03.2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court The Union Of India vs N.K.Sarada on 17 March, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 1708 of 2008() 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Petitioner 2. PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE, 3. AIR OFFICER COMMANDING, AIR FORCE Vs 1. N.K.SARADA, WIDOW OF LATE (270174) &#8230; Respondent 2. 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