7 Gurkhas Lose Pension Discrimination Case

Seven Gurkhas who had served in the British army lost a landmark discrimination case in which they argued that their pay and pensions were inferior to those received by Britons. The test case could have cost the government up to $3.2 billion and led to claims from 30,000 other former fighters.

The court said the monetary differences were not so great that they were “disproportionate or irrational.” Britain has said Gurkha pensions, roughly one-third of what Britons get, are more than adequate for retirees in Nepal, the home country to which all seven retirees returned.