Order of the First Senate of 7 July 2009 - 1 BVR 1164/07
- The unequal treatment of marriage and registered civil partnerships with regard to survivors’ pensions under an occupational pension scheme for civil service employees who have supplementary pensions insurance with the Supplementary Pensions Agency for Federal and Länder Employees (Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder – VBL) is incompatible with Article 3.1 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz – GG).
