Reinstate ‘War Widow’ Ex-IAF Officer, Rules Supreme Court

Who is Priyanka Saxena? After 10 years in IAF, she lost her fighter pilot husband; SC backs her return

Priyanka Saxena joined the Indian Air Force at the Air Force Academy in Hyderabad in January 2002 and received her commission on 20 December 2003.

Reinstate ‘war widow’ ex-IAF officer, rules Supreme Court

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, “This is a case of the appellant becoming eligible on both counts; her being an ex-Air Force officer, and she being a war widow of an Air Force officer.”

SC Invokes Article 142; Reinducts War Widow, Former IAF Officer into Service as Squadron Leader

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court has directed the Indian Air Force to re-induct and reinstate former Short Service Commissioned Indian Air Force (IAF)  Officer Priyanka Saxena, a war widow who had earlier served for 10 years before leaving the force in 2013 due to family commitments. India News | SC Invokes Article 142; Reinducts War Widow, Former IAF Officer into Service as Squadron Leader.

Invoking Article 142, SC orders reinstatement of former IAF woman officer whose husband died in MiG-21 jet crash

New Delhi : Exercising its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of a former Short Service Commissioned woman officer of the Indian Air Force who had left service in 2013 and later became a war widow after the death of her husband in a MiG-21 fighter jet crash in 2021. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant allowed the appeal filed by former IAF officer Squadron …