Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 301 · Decided 1 March 2019
LT Gen Ravi Dastane, Avsm, VSM v. Union of India, Ministry of Defence, Through the Secretary & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 301 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 821
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9721/2014
- Decided
- 1 March 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Armed Forces: Army Commander - Post of - Appointment - Relevant criteria, seniority or selection - Held: An officer has no vested right to claim promotion on the basis of seniority alone, however, that does not mean that the authority entitled must ignore seniority - Officers of the Army who attain the rank of Lieutenant General progress through the hierarchical structure after fulfilling rigorous criteria of assessment - Principle that the appointment of an Army Commander is made by selection does not require that
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