The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court verdict in favour of increasing the retirement age from 57 years to 65 years for the freedom fighters who are employed in government jobs.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order yesterday, dissolving a leave-to-appeal petition filed by the state.
With this verdict, there is now no legal barrier on the placement of the proposal in this regard before the Cabinet, said lawyer Azhar Ullah Bhuiyan.
The High Court gave the verdict to extend the retirement age of freedom fighters to 65 years on January 14 this year.
