Military officer challenges Government's retrospective freezing of Dearness Allowance owed to Veterans in Supreme Court

Calling the orders to freeze such dearness allowance in the present times "arbitrary", the petitioner says that the decision affects the senior citizens the most as they are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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A retired Military officer has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction for the Centre to de-freeze the dearness allowance owed to the retired personnel, but which was frozen retrospectively with effect from January 2020 recently by the Finance Ministry.

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