Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 332 · Decided 23 March 2022
Union of India and Others v. LT. GEN. (RETD.) S.K. Sahni
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 332 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 946
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2169/2014
- Decided
- 23 March 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Army Rules, 1954 - rr.180, 22 and 40(2) - Army Act, 1950 - s.123 -Respondent, commissioned in the Indian Army in 1967, was thereafter appointed as Director General, Supplies and Transport (DGST) in 2005 - A Court of Inquiry (CoI) was ordered to investigate against him - CoI only recommended for award of recordable censure against the respondent, but the Army Commander and GOC-in-C directed disciplinary action under the Army Act, 1950 and Army Rules, 1954 - After his retirement in 2006, respondent filed a writ petition before High
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