Discontinue Ladki Bahin if government doesn’t have funds for pension: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court connected Friday (April 10, 2026) remarked that the State authorities should discontinue the Mukhyamantri Maajhi Ladki Bahin Yojana if it does not person funds to wage pension to retired authorities employees. The tribunal was proceeding a plea by a pistillate who had retired arsenic a teacher from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), stating that she had not been paid pension and different benefits arsenic per the Seventh Pay Commission.

Questioning the government’s priorities, the tribunal stated, “If the authorities has nary funds to wage pensions, past schemes similar Ladki Bahin should beryllium stopped.” Ladki Bahin Yojana, the Mahayuti government’s fiscal assistance strategy for women, which provides monthly instalments of ₹1500 to astir 1.5 crore eligible beneficiaries, has been criticised for burdening the treasury and affecting budgets crossed assorted departments. Ministers, including Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Shirsat, person complained of fund diversions to money the Mahayuti government’s flagship scheme.