Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Marutirao Patil v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 329
Bench L. Nagesw Ara Rao and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 24 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he present appeal fails and is liable to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Army Act, 1950 – s. 63 – Army Rules, 1954 – r. 17 – Termination from service – The appellant was charged u/s. 63 of the Act – Appellant pleaded guilty – The Summary Cour t Martial awarded the appellant with the punishment of reduction i n rank – Thereafter, appellant was served with a show cause as to why he should not be discharged from Army Service under the p rovisions of s. 20 of the Army Act r/w. r. 17 of the Army Rules, 1954 – Appellant denied the allegations made therein – Consequent to whic h, Court of Inquiry was held and appellant was terminated – Aggrieved, the appellant filed

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