‘Soldier is a blank cheque written to country’: Kerala High Court upholds disability pension

4 min readNew DelhiJul 28, 2026 11:02 AM IST The Kerala High Court upheld the order of the armed forces tribunal that had directed the authorities to grant disability element of the pension to the officer. (AI Generated Image)The Kerala High Court recently upheld an order of the Kochi Armed Forces Tribunal of granting an officer the disability element of his pension and observed that the constitution allowed the government to restrict some rights of the members of the armed forces for proper discharge of duties and maintenance of discipline, and “in such a situation, the contention that the disease is a lifestyle disorder cannot be accepted as a sufficient reason to deny the claim for disability element of pension.” Justices K Natarajan and Johnson John were of the view that “the ‘extraord