Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 485 · Decided 1 August 2006
Romesh Kumar Sharma v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 485 · [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 227
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7308/2003
- Decided
- 1 August 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 21
Headnote
B ,; Army Act, 1950: - Section 20(1)-Dismissal-Held, on facts, under the proviso to Rule 17 c the Chief of the Army Staff and other officers are competent to order dismissal or removal without complying with the procedure set out in the main part of the Rule after certifYing that it is not 1954. The appellant while working as Harvildar/Clerk (GD) in Ladakh D Scouts, having 17 years service in the Army, was found involved, along with a few other persons, in espionage activities during the period 1984- 85. The appellant along with others was interrogated and a Court of Inquiry
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