Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Marutirao Patil v. Union of India and Others

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Bench L. Nageswara 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, the 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 Court Martial awarded the appellant with the punishment of reduction in rank – Thereafter, appellant was served with a show cause as to why he should not be discharged from Army Service under the provisions of s. 20 of the Army Act r/w. r. 17 of the Army Rules, 1954 – Appellant denied the allegations made therein – Consequent to which, Court of Inquiry was held and appellant was terminated – Aggrieved, the appellant filed appeal…

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