Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 656 · Decided 28 July 2023
Ex Sepoy Madan Prasad v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 656 · [2023] 9 S.C.R. 1199
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 246/2017
- Decided
- 28 July 2023
- Bench
- HIMA KOHLI, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Army Act, 1950 - s.39 (b) - Dismissal from service - Overstaying the leave - Appellant was enrolled in the Army service Corps as a Mechanical Transport Driver - Initially leave for 39 days granted to appellant - Further extension of leave was also granted on However, further request for extension of leave was rejected - Appellant failed to join - Court of Inquiry conducted - Appellant was declared deserter - Appellant finally surrendered after 108 days - Charges were framed - Appellant was held guilty and awarded
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