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Gurkhas lose pension court battle Gurkhas lose pension court battle
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Ex-Gurkha soldiers have lost their High Court challenge to the British government over a pensions deal. Three ex-Gurkha soldiers have lost a High Court challenge to the British government over a pensions deal.
The former servicemen had claimed that the settlement had left them struggling to cope financially. Kumar Shrestha, Kamal Purja and Sambahadur Gurung said they had been treated unlawfully and unfairly.
They said years of service for Gurkhas who signed up before July 2007 but retired after that date were valued at between 24% and 36% of British rates.
But Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that the Ministry of Defence's pension valuation had been "justified and proportionate".