Pensioners Peter and Flo Fanning, from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, took the UK and Scottish governments to court over the decision to cut winter fuel payments.
They alleged that both governments failed to adequately consult with those of pension age and did not release an equality impact assessment on the changes.
They also claimed the decision to end the £300 benefit for thousands of pensioners across the country last year was “irrational” and breached their human rights.
Speaking after the UK government’s U-turn, Mr Fanning told BBC Scotland News: “We feel vindicated. There was possibly a thought from Westminster that pensioners would just roll over and lie down and accept it.
“What’s been proved is that pensioners are a force to be reckoned with. You can’t mess with them – you need to think about all the life experience they’ve had.
“I think they’ve got to think about the pensioners who worked all their days and got a works pension that puts them over the limit.
“What are they saying to pensioners? Don’t save for your future because you’re going to be better off if you don’t have a works pension?”
He added: “Scotland should be the same as England and Wales.
“We have to hold our governments to task about the decisions they make without seeing how they affect people.
“Once that payment is out, I’ll be very happy.”