{"id":7271,"date":"2025-09-29T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/adultery-allegations-cant-strip-widow-of-family-pension-hc-clarifies-widows-rights-under-mcsr\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:04:49","slug":"adultery-allegations-cant-strip-widow-of-family-pension-hc-clarifies-widows-rights-under-mcsr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/adultery-allegations-cant-strip-widow-of-family-pension-hc-clarifies-widows-rights-under-mcsr\/","title":{"rendered":"Adultery Allegations Can\u2019t Strip Widow Of Family Pension: HC Clarifies Widow\u2019s Rights Under MCSR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">In a noteworthy judgment, the Bombay High Court held that merely making allegations of &lsquo;adultery&rsquo; against a woman does not disentitle her from claiming a share in her deceased husband&#39;s family pension under the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><strong>Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 (MCSR)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">A division bench of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><strong>Justice Manish Pitale and Justice Yanshivraj Khobragade<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">, therefore, declined to grant any relief in the plea filed by the deceased man&rsquo;s brother and mother, noting that the husband&rsquo;s accusations of adultery and his decision to live apart from his wife did not affect her entitlement to the family pension.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">The judges observed that under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules,(MCSR) 1982, the categories of &ldquo;family members&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><strong>do not include relatives such as a brother or mother.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"> The bench further recorded the respondents&rsquo; argument&mdash;that because the deceased employee had accused his wife (the petitioner) of adultery, she should be excluded from the definition of &ldquo;family&rdquo;&mdash;but found no merit in this contention.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><em>&ldquo;A proper reading of the MCSR provisions show that the petitioner wife could be denied benefits only if she was judicially separated from the deceased employee i.e. her husband on the ground of adultery or that she was held guilty of committing adultery. The facts of the present case show that only an allegation was made against petitioner wife in the pending matrimonial proceeding, but before the proceeding could reach finality, the employee i.e. the husband of the petitioner died and there is no finding of any Competent Judicial Authority regarding the allegation of adultery levelled against her,&rdquo; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">the judges held in the order.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">The judges further took into account the Government Resolutions issued on September 29, 2018, March 31, 2023, and August 24, 2023, which provide that only the employee is entitled to family pension, during his lifetime and after his death only the family members (spouse and children) are entitled for the same .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">As per the facts, the deceased was appointed as an Associate Professor on July 8, 2009 and had been married to the petitioner since 1997. Because his appointment came after November 1, 2005, he fell under the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"><strong>Defined Contributory Pension Scheme (DCPS)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\"> in terms of the Government Resolution dated October 31,2005. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">However, with time, the couple decided to part ways and on January 15, 2011, the husband filed divorce proceedings against the petitioner. Subsequently, the deceased changed the details of the nominees for the family pension and replaced the petitioner&#39;s name with that of his brother and mother. He however, retained the names of his two sons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">The brother and mother opposed the wife&rsquo;s petition by citing the change of nominees and relying on certain Government Resolutions (GRs). However, the judges held that they had misinterpreted those GRs by failing to read them in conjunction with the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 (MCSR).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1b1c1d\">The bench, therefore, allowed the woman&#39;s plea and ordered the authorities to disburse the family pension amount to her and her two sons.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt; text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Case Title: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LX-nsCKvdYloUp5GA1mhrWLZwaIsePn8\/view?usp=drive_link\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\">VVB vs State of Maharashtra (Writ Petition 11613 of 2019)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a noteworthy judgment, the Bombay High Court held that merely making allegations of &lsquo;adultery&rsquo; against a woman does not disentitle her from claiming a share in her deceased husband&#39;s family pension under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 (MCSR). 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