Armed Forces Archives

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Punishment of “Severe Reprimand” after summary trial not a “service matter”; Tribunal has no jurisdiction to deal with such issues

Armed Forces Tribunal (Principal Bench): The Bench of Rajendra Menon, J., (Chairperson) and Lt Gen P.M. Hariz, Member (A) held that punishment

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | “Gross injustice done is a case of mind set and adhering to old junk system”; Tribunal imposes exemplary cost of Rs. 75,000 on government for not implementing the order of the High Court for about 23 years

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A) slammed the Union

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Voluntary retirement v/s Resignation”; Supreme Court cogitates technicalities of legal terms and their implication in Armed Forces

“Having tendered ‘resignation’, the respondent had to suffer the consequences and could not be permitted to take ‘U’ turn and say that what the respondent wanted was ‘premature retirement’ and not ‘resignation’.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT denies grant of any relief to the person invalidated from service due to Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

“All efforts are made by military doctors and the organization to help a soldier who has become a victim of ‘Alcohol Dependence Syndrome’ and only when all efforts fail the soldier is invalided out on ground of ‘Alcohol Dependence Syndrome”.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

‘Not enough to proudly state that women officers are allowed to serve the nation in the Armed Forces’; Army’s evaluation of Women SSC Officers for grant of permanent commission arbitrary: SC

“The structures of our society have been created by males and for males. As a result, certain structures that may seem to be the “norm” and may appear to be harmless, are a reflection of the insidious patriarchal system.”

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | “Objectionable conversation, demeaning armed forces in the backdrop of Galwan Valley clashes”, HC acquits the person behind viral audio clip

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., addressed the instant petition whereby the petitioner was charged for sedition under Sections 124-A,

Legislation Updates Notifications

Centre declares entire State of Nagaland to be ‘disturbed area’ for 6 months more months

Central Government hereby declares that whole of the State of Nagaland to be ‘disturbed area’ for a period of six months with

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Mere use of derogatory or objectionable words may not be a sufficient ground for invoking provisions contained in Ss. 124A or 153A of IPC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjay Dhar, J. accepted the petition of the political leader and accordingly granted him bail. According to

Case Briefs High Courts

Medical examination standards for recruitment in armed forces to be strictly adhered

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition against the order of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Right to a safe workplace, also applicable to armed forces

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of S. Ravindra Bhat, Deepa Sharma, JJ. has observed that though a member of the Armed Forces

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Policies concerning armed forces can be duly modified to ensure discipline in the Force and maintain its uniformity without any distinction of caste, creed, religion and sex

Supreme Court: Dismissing the present appeal wherein the appellant (enrolled as an airman with the Indian Air Force) had challenged the decision