The right to family pension depends on having a valid marital status at the time of the employee’s death, and cannot arise later just because the legally recognised widow has died.(Image is generated using AI) Punjab and Haryana High Court news: Holding that a void second marriage does not grant widow status or pensionary rights under the C entral Civil Services ( CCS) Pension Rules , the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed the plea of a woman who sought family pension by claiming benefits as the second wife of a deceased Army officer. Noting that the second marriage to the woman – during the subsistence of the first – had been considered invalid by the trial court, Justice Sandeep Moudgil held that her attempt to invoke pensionary benefits under the Army pension rules or even the CSS rules after the demise of the first wife cannot be sustained.…