Calling the freedom fighter pension scheme a “mark of honour and gratitude” to those who fought for India’s independence and not an “unbridled right”, the Calcutta High Court recently refused a pension to the unmarried daughter of a Quit India Movement participant who later died in 1996. Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar  Mitra  observed  that the daughter was “clearly not eligible under any circumstances,” citing unexplained delays spanning over two decades in pursuing the pension claim. The court noted that the woman, Kumari Sadhana Bera, was the daughter of Krishna Pada Bera, who had been imprisoned for six months for participating in the Quit India Movement. It was further noted that the daughter had waited 11 years to first apply for a pension and another 11 years to approach the court after rejection of her representation in 2012.…