Supreme Court of India

S. Muthu Kumaran v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 550
Bench Dipak Misra and R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 17 January 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Tribunal could have kept in view the long service of the appellant. 10.As a matter ofrecord, the appellant was enrolled in the Indian Army on 26.04.1994 and till his termination on I 0.07.2011, he is said to have discharged his services diligently for more than seventeen years.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service Law - Dismissal from service - Of delinquent employee in Army - On the a/legation that he was involved in fraudulent recruitment racket - Confessional statement of the employee - General Commanding Officer dismissed the service oI the employee - The order affirmed by Armed Forces Tribunal - On· appeal, held: GOC in exercise of his rights uls.20(3) of Army Act r! w. r.17 of Army Rules passed the order of dismissal - The provisions of Army Act and Rules as also principles of natural justicxe were . complied with - The Tribunal also rightly appraised the evidence and the law while

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