Supreme Court of India
Amarendra Kumar Pandey v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the ends of justic e would be met if we set aside the order of discharge and treat the appel lant herein to have been in service till the time, he could be said to have completed the qualifying service for grant of pension.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Service Law: Armed forces – Discharge from service – Appellant was discharged from service on the basis of four R ed-Ink entries received by him during his period of service – Writ petition filed by him challenging order of discharge – Single j udge relied upon the judgment in Balwant Singh wherein similar issue was involved regarding discharge from Assam Rifles on s ecuring four Red-Ink entries – In that case, it was held that the authority vested with the power to discharge must examine the respon se of the concerned person and weigh the same vis-a-vis the severit y of the misconduct which
Authorities it was built on
- 1965 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia v. State of Bihar and Others
- 1968 Rohtas Industries Ltd. v. S. D. Agarwal & Anr.
- 2015 Veerendra Kumar Dubey v. Chief of Army Staff & Ors.
- 1969 Rashbihari Panda Etc. v. State of Orissa
- 1968 Motilal Jain v. State of Bihar & Ors.
- 2016 Vijay Shankar Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2019 Sep. Satgur Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
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