Supreme Court of India
Chandra Kumar Chopra v. Union of India and Others
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly, we are compelled to repel the said preponement advanced by the learned senior counsel without B any hesitation and we do so.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Army Act, 1950: Court Martial - Various charges levelled against the appellant, Major in Indian Army - Objection by appellant against the composition of court martial, repelled - Trial - Charges found proved and sentence of cashiering and rigorous imprisonment of five years passed against him - Confirming authority passed order of confirmation as regards the sentence of cashiering but reduced the rigorous imprisonment from five years to six months - Writ petition dismissed - Appeal on the ground that the court martial proceeding was vitiated as the ultimate decision was result of biased
Authorities it was built on
- 1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors.
- 2006 M/s. Crawford Bayley and Co. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1987 Ranjit Thakur v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1973 S. Parthasarathi v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2009 Chairman-cum-managing Director, Coal India A Limited & Anr. v. Mukul Kumar Choudhuri & Ors.
- 1958 Gullapalli Nageswara Rao and Others v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and Another
- 1981 Dr. S.P. Kapoor Etc. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. Etc.
- 1991 Ex. Naik Sardar Singh v. Union of India and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Pravin Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2022 Union of India & Ors. v. Major R. Metri No. 08585n
- 2013 Union of India and Others v. Sanjay Jethi and Another
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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