Supreme Court of India

Ex. Naik Sardar Singh v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [1991] 2 S.C.R. 676
Decided 3 May 1991

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Army Act, 1950: Sections 63, 71 and 72-Summary Court­ Martial-Punishment-Award of-To be commensurate with nature and degree of offence-Army Jawan carrying extra liquor bottles without permit while proceeding on leave-Award of punishment of 3 months' • j R. l. and dismissal from service-Whether arbitrary and excessive. The appellant, who had put in 10 years of service as Jawan in the Army, was sentenced to 3 months' R.I. and dismissed from service by the Summary Court-Martial, on the charge that his action in carrying 12 bottles of liquor while proceeding on leave to his home town was contrary

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