Supreme Court of India

Ram Narayan Tiwari v. Union of India & Ors

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1104
Bench Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R. Dave JJ.
Decided 21 February 2011

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We are of the considered opinion that for an offence of the aforesaid nature the authority D was justified in awarding him the punishment of dismissal from service.

Judgment, page 9

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AIR FORCE ACT, 1950: s. 73 - Punishments awardable by Court-Martial - Corporal in Air Force - Charged with sexual abuse against a boy of 9 years - Punishment of reduction in rank and confinement awarded by District Court-Martial commuted by 0 Confirming Authority to dismissal from service - Held: The scale of punishment provided in s.3 clearly confirms the position that dismissal from service is a lesser punishment than that of detention - Since punishment is itself of dismissal from service, there is no question of reduction in rank at all, therefore, it cannot be said that tWo punishments

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