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Former Gurkha soldiers today lost their High Court battle over a pensions deal with the Ministry of Defence, which they say has left them struggling to live.
Three retired members of the famous Brigade of Gurkhas failed in a legal challenge affecting thousands of others. Kamal Purja, Sabahdaur Gurung and Kumar Shrestha were demanding the same pension rights for Gurkhas as the rest of the British Army.
The Government conceded some ground to the Gurkhas over pensions last year, but members of the celebrated regiment who retired before 1997 were not included in the new deal and there is a discrepancy in the way years of service are calculated.
In today’s test case, the High Court ruled that the dates and exceptions imposed by the MoD were reasonable.
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Mister John,
so you are telling me that it is fair to give the englishmen who signed up because of the money a better pension deal than the ones who are not english? When they die, will gurkhas deserve a plastic bag instead of an oak coffin? As George Orwell said, "some animals are more equal..."
Fabio, Udine, Italy
Absolutely appalling! After all of their courage and commitment to queen -who incidentally is not the monarch of their country - and country, they run foul to deplorable, colonial discrimination.
Shame on the MoD and shame on the Queen for not intervening!
dilip, houston,
Sorry but when they signed up they knew the score. What people seem to forget is these people signed up because of the money even though it's not as much as a British citizen (key word BRITISH).
John, Salford, England