Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Service Book in Criminal Custody | Must Be Released for Pension Processing Despite Pending Appeal : Bombay HC (Aurangabad Bench)
The Bombay High Court has ruled that the original service book of a retired teacher, though seized during a criminal trial, must be released to enable pension processing. This establishes that administrative obligations under retirement benefits cannot be indefinitely stalled by pending criminal appeals, protecting the rights of all government employees awaiting pension clearance.