Summary:
This did not stop the freedom fighters as they were firm in their ambition for an independent India, achieved in 1947, observed the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court while directing the Central government to grant the freedom fighters pension to a nonagenarian. The court dismissed the appeal of the Ministry of Home Affairs against a single bench order and directed the grant of the freedom fighters pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension scheme within four weeks. He claimed that he was eligible for the Central freedom fighter pension as well. He sought the pension from the Centre claiming that the State government had recognised his contribution towards the freedom struggle and granted him pension. more-inMaduraiThe path to freedom struggle was not embedded with roses, but thorns..