Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1182 · Decided 10 December 2018
Jaswant Singh v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1182 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1312
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6886/2014
- Decided
- 10 December 2018
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Army Rules, 1954 - r.129 - Benefit of legal advise under - Entitlement to - Appellant, Sepoy in the Indian Army was dismissed from service by Summary Court Martial - Challenged before Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) - Dismissed - Plea of appellant that benefit of legal advise u/r.129 of the 1954 Rules which he was denied on the ground that legal assistance could be admissible only where the offence was punishable with death - Held: Rule 129 indicates that in Summary Court Martial, the accused may have a person to assist him during the
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