https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175039 A retrospective amendment to Rule 2544 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code that reduced the running allowance reckoned for pension was invalid to the extent it cut down benefits already accrued to retired employees. Pension was treated as a valuable right governed by the rules in force at retirement, and while a rule framed under the proviso to Article 309 may operate retrospectively, it cannot arbitrarily defeat vested pensionary rights or breach constitutional protections. The reduction from the earlier reckonable percentage to lower limits was therefore held arbitrary, unreasonable, and constitutionally unsustainable. en-us Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175039 A retrospective amendment to Rule 2544 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code that reduced the running allowance reckoned for pension was invalid to the extent it cut down benefits already accrued to retired employees. Pension was treated as a valuable right governed by the rules in force at retirement, and while a rule framed under the proviso to Article 309 may operate retrospectively, it cannot arbitrarily defeat vested pensionary rights or breach constitutional protections. The reduction from the earlier reckonable percentage to lower limits was therefore held arbitrary, unreasonable, and constitutionally unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175039