Supreme Court of India

Vijay Shankar Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 12 S.C.R. 200
Bench T.S. Thakur J.
Decided 15 December 2016

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We are of the view that the Armed Forces 205 c 206 c SUPREME COURT REPORTS f2016112 S.C.R. Tribunal was in error in rejecting the application.

Judgment, page 6

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Armed Forces: Army Rules, 1954 - r.13(3)Table(lll)(v) - Discharge from service - Unsatisfactory conduct - Army Medical Corps - Appellant discharged from service on the ground that his conduct had not been satisfactory - Further, he was denied disability pension on the ground that he had earned six red ink entries in his service - Held: There was no application of mind by the authorities to the circumstances to be taken into consideration while exercising power' u/r.13 - Mere fact that appellant had crossed the threshold·of four red entries not a ground to discharge him without considering

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