Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. R. Karthik

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 105
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 21 January 2020

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Service Law: Dismissal from service – Of a sailor in Naval forces – Pursuant to proceedings against the sailor – Upon complaint from superior officer alleging that the sailor used physical forc e against him – Application before Armed Forces Tribunal – Tribunal substituted the punishment of dismissal from service to the punis hment of his detention for 75 days – Appeal by State to Supreme Court – Held: In the facts of the case, the order of Tribunal set ting aside the dismissal order on the ground that the punishment w as disproportionate to the misconduct, is within the jurisdicti on of the

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