Army Rules

Three short‑term army personnel were convicted by a Summary Court Martial of serious misconduct and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment and dismissal. They challenged the proceedings before the High Court on the ground that Army Rule 180 was not observed, and the High Court set aside the martial proceedings and ordered …

The Supreme Court examined orders that forfeited the pensions of four military officers who had been convicted by General Court Martials and dismissed or cashiered. The respondents challenged the forfeiture on the grounds that the Army Pension Regulation 16(a) and Navy Pension Regulation 15(2) were inconsistent with th…

The case involved Col. AnilteJ Singh Dhaliwal, an army officer convicted by a General Court Martial on four charges relating to alleged false statements, fraud, and omission in reporting losses. He appealed to the High Court, which quashed the Court Martial’s findings on the basis that key evidence – a letter (Ex Q‑10)…

Captain Virender Kumar, an Army officer injured in 1975, filed a contempt petition seeking enforcement of a 1986 Supreme Court order that deemed him discharged as of 21 February 1981 and directed payment of all arrears and retirement benefits. He argued that, under Rule 18 of the Army Rules, 1950, he could not be disch…

The appellant, a Colonel in the Army Ordnance Corps, was tried by a General Court Martial on three charges: corruption for accepting Rs 10,000, possession of ammunition without licence, and an act prejudicial to good order and discipline for possessing Rs 28,000 cash. The GCM convicted him of the first two charges and …

Lt. Col. Rahul Arora, an Army Medical Corps officer, was convicted by a General Court Martial of two offences—accepting extraneous consideration to declare a recruit fit and unauthorised absence—and dismissed from service. The Armed Forces Tribunal upheld the conviction, but the High Court set aside the tribunal’s orde…

The appellant, a former Radio Mechanic of the Indian Army enrolled in 1971, was discharged in 1981 under Army Rule 13(3) due to a low medical category. He claimed a war injury pension, which the Armed Forces Tribunal rejected, holding that his disability was not attributable to participation in active operations. Subse…

Brigadier P.K. Dutta retired in 1991 and claimed his pension and other retiral benefits, which had not been paid. While his claim was pending, a General Court Martial in 1992 sentenced him to three years' rigorous imprisonment and cashiered him, a decision later confirmed by the Chief of Army Staff. The Delhi High Cour…