Supreme Court of India

Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi Etc. v. Union of India & Others

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Reported as [1983] 1 S.C.R. 393

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud, D.A. Desai and A.N. Sen JJ.

Decided 25 August 1982

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the failure to comply _with the requirements of rules 22, 23 and 24 depended upon a requisition by the petitioner, his inactio_n or omission in that behalf would have no impact on the order convening the court-martial.

Judgment, page 45

Authorities it was built on

1980 State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. v. M. N. Sundarajan cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

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2023 Union of India & Ors. v. Parashotam Dass referred to
2020 Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & Ors. referred to
2020 The Secretary, Ministry of Defence v. Babita Puniya & Ors. referred to
2017 Ms. Eera through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. referred to

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