Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Rajpal Singh

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Reported as [2008] 15 S.C.R. 879
Decided 7 November 2008

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we wholly agree with the I '· reasoning and the conclusion of the High Court that the • discharge of the respondent was not in accordance with the - prescribed procedure and was, therefore, illegal.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Army Service:. . Army Rules, 1954; r. 13(2A), 13(3)(i), (iifand (iii): c Junior Commissioned Officer placed in low medical category (Permanent) - Incumbent expressing his willingness to continue in service - Release Medical Board recommending discharge of incumbent from service :... Challenge to - High Court holding discharge of incumbent illegal in terms of r. 13(3)(i)(ii) of the Rules since it was done without the recommendations/holding of Invalidating Board . - Review Petition dismissed by High Court - Correctness of - Held: For discharge on medical 9rounds, clause (/)(//) of · the table

Where later benches applied it

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

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