Patna High Court Verdict: Second Wife Also Entitled to Receive Family Pension

In a significant ruling, the Patna High Court has stated that the second wife is also entitled to receive family pension. The court set aside the 2019 order of the Water Resources Department, which had denied family pension to the second wife of a deceased government employee. A single bench of Justice Purnendu Singh delivered this verdict while disposing of a writ petition filed by Kusum Devi. The court directed the concerned officer to implement the decision.