Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 404 · Decided 2 July 2013
Veer Pal Singh v. Secretary, Ministry of Defence
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 404 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5922/2012
- Decided
- 2 July 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, S.A. BOBDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
A B Armed Forces - Pre-mature release/discharge of appellant from service for suffering from 'Schizophrenic C Reaction' - Disability pension - Entitlement to - Expert opinion - Opinion of Medical Board - Scope of judicial review - Whether, on facts, the Medical Board had entirely relied opinion expressed by the Psychiatrist and no effort was made to consider the improvement made in the D degree of illness after the treatment - Held: Although, the Courts and other judicial I quasi-judicial forums are ext~mely loath to interfere with the opinion of the experts, they cannot, in
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