Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 2 · Decided 5 January 2015
Union of India & ANR. v. Purushottam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 2 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 849
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7133/2008
- Decided
- 5 January 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 20(2)
Headnote
A B SerVice Law - Departmental enquiry - Permissibility - Summary Court Martial (SCM) proceedings ulr. 133 of Army C Rules - Holding the delinquent guilty for the offences charged - Reviewing authority acting uls. 162 of Army Act set aside the SCM proceedings on the ground of incorrect framing of of evidence - Thereafter army authorities issued Show Cause Notice to the delinquent 0 alleging the same charges for which SCM proceedings were initiated and later set aside - Termination of the services of the delinquent - Writ petition challenging termination - High Court allowed the petition
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