In December of last year, the Calcutta High Court ruled that a daughter who has been deserted can claim family pension if her dependency and marital breakdown existed during the lifetime of the pensioner (her late father) even if the actual divorce was granted much later by the court.
The details leading to this judgement is that her late father worked for the South Eastern Railway and retired from service on December 31, 1983. Her mother died on November 5, 2011, following which the father passed away on April 19, 2013.
