Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Anr. v. Ex. Major Sudershan Gupta

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Reported as [2009] 9 S.C.R. 584
Bench Dr. Mukundakam Sharma, Dr. B.S and Chauhan JJ.
Decided 20 May 2009

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t Armed Forces - Court martial - Order of convening the c General Court Martial - Legality/validity of - Held: Records of the Convening Authority were not available, and as such it could not be decided whether the competent Authority applied its mind while passing the convening order- Army Authorities destroyed the records pursuant to the prevailing Rule that records of. all court martial proceedings should be retained .. only for a period of seven ye~.rs - However, writ petition was ~ filed before expiry of seven years and since matter was sub- judice, Army Authorities were required to

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