Supreme Court of India

M.M. Malhotra v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1026

Bench Arijit Pasayat and H.K. Sema JJ.

Decided 4 October 2005

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Military Law: Air Force Act, 1950: Section 19-Termination of service by Central Government-Moral turpitude-Air Force Officer married complainant as per Hindu rites Complainant lodged a complaint alleging that the said Officer had illicit relation with a woman and had also tortured her brutally-Said Officer was compulsorily retired from service on the ground that trial by Court Martial was inexpedient and impractical-High Court upheld the order of compulsory retirement-Correctness of-Held: Any act of misconduct of an Officer involving moral turpitude and/or amounting to an offence could be

Authorities it was built on

1988 Smt. Yamunabai Anantrao Adhav v. Anantrao Shivram Adhav and Another cited by 15

Where later benches applied it

2012 Ravi Yashwant v. District Collector, Raigad and Ors. relied on
2012 Deoki Panjhiyara v. Shashi Bhushan Narayan Azad & Anr. referred to
2011 Flg. Officer Rajiv Gakhar v. Ms. Bhavana @ Sahar Wasif not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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