Bombay HC directs EPFO to grant higher pension to exempted-firm staff

Justice Sandeep Marne held in a common judgment that private provident fund trust rules cannot override statutory pension benefits under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995. The court quashed the rejection orders and directed the EPFO to process and allow the six petitioners' joint options within eight weeks. (Freepressjournal)

• Justice Sandeep Marne held in a common judgment that private provident fund trust rules cannot override statutory pension benefits under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995.
• The court quashed the rejection orders and directed the EPFO to process and allow the six petitioners' joint options within eight weeks.