Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 62 · Decided 21 January 2020
Union of India & ORS. v. R. Karthik
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 62 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 105
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 831/2015
- Decided
- 21 January 2020
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Service Law: Dismissal from service - Of a sailor in Naval forces - Pursuant to proceedings against the sailor - Upon complaint from superior officer alleging that the sailor used physical force against him - Application before Armed Forces Tribunal - Tribunal of his detention for 75 days - Appeal by State to Supreme Court - Held: In the facts of the case, the order of Tribunal setting aside the dismissal order on the ground that the punishment was disproportionate to the misconduct, is within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal -
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