Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has criticised the authorities for denying disability pension to a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, who injured himself in a militant attack reported in Bijnour in Uttar Pradesh in December 1991.

"Personnel engaged in protecting the country and its citizens undertake risks which the law recognises through special pensionary provisions. Such recognition does not diminish the rights of other citizens; it reflects the state's corresponding obligation towards those who suffer disabling injuries while discharging hazardous public duties," the bench of justice Pravindra Singh Chauhan observed while dealing with a petition from Satyavir Singh from Mahendergarh in Haryana.

He got enroll...