The Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs 15,000 on a woman ex-Air Force officer for misrepresenting facts while claiming disability benefits after she was removed from service on medical grounds for suffering from seizures.

The officer had claimed that the seizure disorder which was the basis of her being invalided out of service developed after she had joined military service and, therefore, it could not constitute a ground to invalid her out of service.

“On seeing the record, we found that there was a specific entry by the medical specialist who examined the petitioner, to the effect that she had similar episodes in childhood. We, therefore, were of the view that the disorder could not be said to be one which had emerged after the petitioner had joined military service,” a Division

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