सैनिकों से न हो भिखारी जैसा बर्ताव'

नई दिल्ली. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सशस्त्र सेना के अपंग हो चुके कर्मियों के साथ ‘भिखारियों’ जैसा बर्ताव करने के लिए सरकार को आड़े हाथों लिया है। शीर्ष कोर्ट ने शॉर्ट कमीशन अधिकारी को पेंशन देने से इनकार करने पर संबंधित अधिकारियों को फटकार भी लगाई। इस अधिकारी ने दाहिनी बांह गंवाने और ऊंचाई वाले इलाकों में तैनाती के दौरान कई फ्रेक्चर हो जाने के बाद सेवा छोड़ी थी।

जस्टिस मरकडेय काटजू तथा एके पटनायक की बेंच ने कहा, ‘यदि कोई व्यक्ति दिल्ली में भीख मांगने बैठ जाए तो वह 1,000 रुपए प्रतिदिन कमा लेता है। आप ऐसे व्यक्ति को महज 1,000 रुपए प्रतिमाह देने जा रहे हैं जिसने कि ऊंचे इलाकों में देश के लिए संघर्ष किया और अपनी बांह गंवा दी।’ बेंच ने अपनी मौखिक टिप्पणियों में कहा, ‘क्या आपका सेना के बहादुर अधिकारियों के साथ यही व्यवहार है? यह दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है कि आप उनके साथ भिखारियों जैसा बर्ताव करते हैं।’शीर्ष कोर्ट ने केंद्र सरकार की अपील खारिज करते हुए यह आदेश पारित किया। केंद्र ने अपनी अपील में पंजाब एवं हरियाणा हाईकोर्ट के उस निर्देश को चुनौती दी थी जिसमें सीएस सिद्धू को ऊंची पेंशन देने को कहा गया था। शॉर्ट कमीशन अधिकारी सिद्धू 21 नवंबर 1970 को उच्च इलाकों में ड्यूटी करते समय दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हुए थे।
(source-dainik bhaskar)
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Stop treating army men like 'beggars', SC to govt


NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has slammed the union government for treating army personnel like "beggars" in respect of emoluments and pension and asked the authorities to adopt a more "humane approach" towards those bravely defending the country's borders. "If a person goes to any part of Delhi and sits for begging, he will earn Rs 1000 every day and you are offering a pittance of Rs 1000 per month for a man who fought for the country in the high altitudes and whose arm was amputated? "Is this the way you treat those brave army officers? It is unfortunate that you are treating them like beggars," a bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and A K Patnaik said in verbal comments while passing the order.

The apex court passed the order dismissing the Centre's appeal challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to pay higher pension to C S Siddu, a Short Commissioned Officer whose right arm had to be amputated due to an accident while on duty at the high altitudes on November November 21, 1970.
"The army personnel are bravely defending the country even at the cost of their lives and we feel they should be treated in a better and more humane manner by government authorities, particularly, in respect of their emoluments, pension and other benefits," the bench said in an order. There was an element of drama in the court when Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi pleaded with the court not to use "strong words" in the order like "beggars," "niggardly" "miserly", following which the bench dropped them from the written order. "We regret to say that the army officers and army men in our country are being treated in a shabby manner by the government. In this case, the respondent,(Sidhu) who was posted at a high altitude field area and met with an accident during discharge of his duties was granted a meagre pension. This is a pittance (about Rs 1000) per month plus D.A. "If this is the manner in which the army personnel are treated, it can only be said that it is extremely unfortunate," the bench however, noted in its written order.

PTI, Apr 1, 2010, 06.33pm IST
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New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court has slammed the union government for treating army personnel like "beggars" in respect of emoluments and pension and asked the authorities to adopt a more "humane approach" towards those bravely defending the country's borders."If a person goes to any part of Delhi and sits for begging, he will earn Rs 1000 every day and you are offering a pittance of Rs 1000 per month for a man who fought for the country in the high altitudes and whose arm was amputated?  "Is this the way you treat those brave army officers? It is unfortunate that you are treating them like beggars," a bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and A K Patnaik said in verbal comments while passing the order.
(Source-PTI)
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Stop treating army men like 'beggars', SC to gov


NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has slammed the union government for treating army personnel like "beggars" in respect of emoluments and pension and asked the authorities to adopt a more "humane approach" towards those bravely defending the country's borders. "If a person goes to any part of Delhi and sits for begging, he will earn Rs 1000 every day and you are offering a pittance of Rs 1000 per month for a man who fought for the country in the high altitudes and whose arm was amputated? "Is this the way you treat those brave army officers? It is unfortunate that you are treating them like beggars," a bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and A K Patnaik said in verbal comments while passing the order.

The apex court passed the order dismissing the Centre's appeal challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to pay higher pension to C S Siddu, a Short Commissioned Officer whose right arm had to be amputated due to an accident while on duty at the high altitudes on November November 21, 1970.
"The army personnel are bravely defending the country even at the cost of their lives and we feel they should be treated in a better and more humane manner by government authorities, particularly, in respect of their emoluments, pension and other benefits," the bench said in an order. There was an element of drama in the court when Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi pleaded with the court not to use "strong words" in the order like "beggars," "niggardly" "miserly", following which the bench dropped them from the written order.

"We regret to say that the army officers and army men in our country are being treated in a shabby manner by the government. In this case, the respondent,(Sidhu) who was posted at a high altitude field area and met with an accident during discharge of his duties was granted a meagre pension. This is a pittance (about Rs 1000) per month plus D.A. "If this is the manner in which the army personnel are treated, it can only be said that it is extremely unfortunate," the bench however, noted in its written order.
(source-NDTV)