Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 473 · Decided 4 October 2005
M.M. Malhotra v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 473 · [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1026
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5185/2001
- Decided
- 4 October 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 11
Headnote
Military Law: Air Force Act, 1950: Section 19-Termination of service by Central Government-Moral turpitude-Air Force Officer married complainant as per Hindu rites­ Complainant lodged a complaint alleging that the said Officer had illicit relation with a woman and had also tortured her was inexpedient and impractical-High Court upheld the order of compulsory retirement-Correctness of-Held: Any act of misconduct of an Officer involving moral turpitude and/or amounting to an offence could be dealt with administratively under Ss. 18 and 19 or by way of disciplinary
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