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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said governments are not bound under law to provide old-age pensions and said the judiciary cannot direct the states to provide old-age pensions to more than one person in a family.
A petition was filed challenging Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to provide old-age pension to only one person per family, with the exception of a supplementary old-age pension would be given to a family if the additional person in the family belonged to disabled category.
A bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud said, “Ultimately we have to take into account the paying capacity of the state govts, who incur expenditure on so many social welfare schemes. These are purely policy decisions. The govts are not bound to give old-age pensions.”
The state govt on December 21 last year issued a notification enhancing the pension amount for old persons, widow, toddy tappers, weavers, single women, fishermen, ART (PLHIV) persons , traditional cobblers, disabled persons, transgender and Dappu artists to ₹3,000 per month, payable from January 1 this year.
A petition was filed challenging Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to provide old-age pension to only one person per family, with the exception of a supplementary old-age pension would be given to a family if the additional person in the family belonged to disabled category.
A bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud said, “Ultimately we have to take into account the paying capacity of the state govts, who incur expenditure on so many social welfare schemes. These are purely policy decisions. The govts are not bound to give old-age pensions.”
The state govt on December 21 last year issued a notification enhancing the pension amount for old persons, widow, toddy tappers, weavers, single women, fishermen, ART (PLHIV) persons , traditional cobblers, disabled persons, transgender and Dappu artists to ₹3,000 per month, payable from January 1 this year.
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