Supreme Court of India

Joseph Shine v. Union of India

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 585
Bench K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 31 January 2023

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Judgments/Orders – Clarification of – Army Act, 1950 – ss. 45, 63 – Air Force Act, 1950 – ss.45, 65 – Navy Act, 1957 – ss .54(2), 74 – Union of India (UOI) sought clarification of the ju dgment of Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v. Union of India reported as [2018] 11 SCR 765 – Held: In Joseph Shine case, the scheme of the Acts in the context of Article 33 of the Constitution did n ot fall for the consideration – Said judgment was not concerned with the effect and operation of the relevant provisions of the Acts in question – Court was neither called upon nor it ventured to pronounce on the

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