Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 492 · Decided 9 October 2001
Union of India and ORS. v. R.K. Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 492 · [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 664
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7052/2001
- Decided
- 9 October 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
·' Military Law: An~yAct, 1950-Sections45, 57, 63, 71 and.72-General CourtMartial-'­ Penalty of dismissal from service~High Court held charges established­ However, it set aside the order of dismissal as the sentence fl-Warded was too harsh considering the nature and degree of interference by High Court not justified. Respondent was found guilty of four charges and was awarded punishment of dismissal from service by the General Court Martial (GCM). Central Government dismissed respondent's appeal. Single Judge of the High Court held that the Court Martial had
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