Supreme Court of India

Chief of the Army Staff and Others v. Major Dharam Pal Kukrety

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Reported as [1985] 3 S.C.R. 415
Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.
Decided 21 March 1985

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with this Appeal, we would like to observe that the alleged incidents in respect of which the Respondent was tried before the general court-martial took place nearly ten years ago.

Judgment, page 16

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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