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S.K. JAINversusUNION OF INDIA & ANR.

2025 INSC 1215Dismissed

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 …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusLT. COL. RAHUL ARORA

2024 INSC 672Dismissed

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 …

MADAN PRASAD SINHA @ SANATAN BABAversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2019 INSC 472Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.versusP.D. YADAV

2001 INSC 509Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

THE GENERAL COURT MARTIAL AND ORS.versusCOL. ANILTEJ SINGH DHALIWAL

1997 INSC 816Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.versusBRG. P. K.DUTTA (RETD)

1994 INSC 583Disposed off

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. …