Special Flight Returns (SFR-II) of PM’s foreign visits can be withheld under RTI Act on security grounds: Delhi High Court
The Court held CIC erred in directing disclosure of SFR-II records, as redaction could not remove the security risks.
Indian Air Force
Discharge by criminal court bars subsequent disciplinary action: Supreme Court restores honour of dismissed Air Force Officer
Initiation of administrative proceedings for disciplinary action against the appellant, we unhesitatingly hold, was bad in law and non est.
‘Subjected to structural disadvantages’; SC flags systemic unfairness for women in Armed Forces over consideration of SSCWOs for Permanent Commission
“Denial of PC to SSCWOs was not merely the outcome of individual assessments, but the consequence of a systemic framework rooted in assumptions that entrenched disadvantages in career progression”.
When SC ordered monetary compensation for unnecessary litigation for overtaking senior’s vehicle at railway crossing
The Court pointed out that small excesses like overtaking the vehicle of one’s senior at a railway crossing may be an incident of indiscipline in defense services, but the balance and proportion that needs to be maintained between such an infraction and its punishment will always be at the core of good governance.
‘Rendered unblemished service’: Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside order dismissing Muslim IAF officer from service for contracting second marriage
Since no protest was made by the petitioner’s former wife regarding petitioner’s second marriage, therefore, the same might have been a mitigating circumstance for the respondent to favourably exercise the empowerment vested in it regarding granting of ex-post sanction.
Air Force Tribunal a quasi-judicial body with governing legislation, cannot direct formation of a policy: Supreme Court
“Challenging the basis of promotion after having participated in the process on consideration of promotion and having been declared unsuccessful thereunder, is not a valid ground to impugn the policy/method”
Govt permits females to enroll in Air Force under Agniveer Scheme
On 12-6-2023, the Ministry of Defence issued a notification permitting females for enrolment in the Indian Air Force as Agniveervayu (Combatant) and
AFT | Applicant not entitled to disability element of pension if, he denied to undergo curative surgery without any justification
Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Coram of Justice Sunita Gupta (Judicial member) and Lt. Gen. Philip Campose (Administrative Member) pronounced an order
Islamabad HC | Petition challenging release of IAF WC Abhinandan Varthaman rejected
“Decisions which are taken by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), particularly during challenging times, are inevitably required to be respected and upheld.” Islamabad High
Government of India to file information about decision-making process regarding purchase of 36 Rafale Fighter Jets sans issues of pricing and technical suitability: SC
Supreme Court: A bench comprising of C.J. Ranjan Gogoi and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ. sought information from the Government
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
CIC: RTI applicants cannot clog public authorities with mundane applications
Central Information Commission: While relying upon the Supreme Court decision in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) v. Aditya Bandhopadhyay, (2011) 8 SCC