No disability pension if you get injured during vacation: SC

“Inasmuch as the respondent sustained disability when he was on annual leave that too in his home town in a road accident,the conclusion of the learned single judge that he is entitled to disability pension under Regulation 179 is not based on any material whatsoever,” a bench of justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik said.

The apex court passed the ruling while upholding an appeal filed by the Centre challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court’s direction to grant disability pension to Jujhar Singh who fractured his limbs in a road accident while on a vacation.