Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Equitable Relief Bars Recovery of Excess Pension Paid Over 16 Years to Deceased Beneficiary | Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court ruled that a bank cannot recover Rs. 17.66 lakh in overpaid family pension from a terminally ill heir suffering renal failure, holding that administrative negligence by the state and bank cannot be imposed on an innocent, vulnerable beneficiary. The decision reinforces that equitable principles override contractual undertakings when recovery would cause gross injustice to a dependent with no control over the error.