In a significant ruling for thousands of government workers, the Supreme Court has held that pension cannot be denied to an employee who spent decades serving a government department merely because his job was never formally regularised. The judgment came in favour of a Bihar widow whose husband worked as a casual labourer in the postal department for nearly 30 years. The court rejected the Centre's objections and said pension is a legal entitlement earned through years of service, not a discretionary benefit, a TOI report stated.
