#nomination

Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench quashed contempt proceedings against the IAF for paying pension to the first wife, ruling that an employer's undertaking to withhold pension must be explicit and unambiguous. The judgment clarifies that employers cannot be held in contempt unless their undertaking is clear, impacting succession disputes involving multiple claimants.

Central Administrative Tribunal rules that a nomination for family pension under CCS Pension Rules is not absolute; the legal heir (spouse) proven by an SDM certificate is entitled to the pension, even if the deceased nominated others. The ruling clarifies that nomination merely facilitates disbursement but does not extinguish the rights of legal heirs under succession laws.