Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Mudrika Singh

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 1106
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 3 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Border Security Force Act, 1968 – s.24(a) – BSF Rules 1969 – Unamended r.51 and amended r.51 (amendement in 20 11) – Disgraceful conduct – Punishment under – The incident in questi on is alleged to have taken place on the night interve ning 16 and 17 April 2006 – The complainant, a Constable in the BSF, was on Naka duty between 02:00 to 06:00 hours when the responde nt-Head Constable is alleged to have committed an act of sexual assault on him – Record of Evidence (RoE) was submitted to the Commanda nt – The Commandant noted that there was an inconsiste ncy in the statements of the witnesses

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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