Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Lt. Col. Rahul Arora

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Reported as [2024] 9 S.C.R. 186
Bench Prashant Kumar Mishra and Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale JJ.
Decided 9 September 2024

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Issue for Consideration Legality of the appointment of Judge Advocate who was admittedly junior to the respondent. Headnotes† Service Law – Army Medical Corps – Respondent was charge-sheeted for: (i) extraneous consideration declaring an army recruit as ‘fit’ after previously declaring him ‘unfit’; (ii) absenting himself without leave from 11.04.2004 to 19.04.2004; (iii) conduct of unbecoming of an officer and the character expected of his position – Upon conclusion of trial by General Court Martial and two of the three charges proven, he was dismissed from service – Armed Forces Tribunal

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