Supreme Court of India

Cdr Amit Kumar Sharma Etc v. Union of India & Ors Etc

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 20 October 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons we are of the view that a remand to the AFT would be necessitated.

Judgment, page 22

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Principles of Natural Justice – Violation of – Non-disclosure of relevant material to the affected party – Disclosure in a sealed- cover to the adjudicating authority – Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) dismissed the applications challenging the denial of Permanent Commission in the Indian Navy – Whether the AFT could have adjudicated on the validity of the selection proceedings when relevant material was disclosed only to the AFT in a sealed cover – On appeal, held: All material which is relied upon by either party in the course of a judicial proceeding must be disclosed – Even if the adjudicating…

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