Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Service Law: Armed Force Personnel - Dismissal - Respondent worked as |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Service Law: Armed Force Personnel - Dismissal - Respondent worked as Corporal in Air Force - Over stayed the leave period- Departmental action taken - In court martial proceeding, respondent accepted guilt -· Dismissed from service - Respondent filed writ petition and stated that he never accepted guilt and was forced to make confession - High Court quashed the orders of dismissal on ground that he ll'as 1101 a habitual deserter,· that he 11e1•er accepted his guilt; that he was pressurized by his superiors to plead guilty; and that he was iflegaffy confined in a cell in violation of s.107 of Air Force Act and Arts. 21, 22 of the Constitution of India - On appeal, held: The records prove that re5pondent overstayed.the leave period after his marriage and respondent had faced action for similar misconduct in the past also - Court martial proceedings revealed that respondent voluntarily adi.;-itted his guilt on charges with fi1/l understanding and in 5pite of opportunity given to him to reconsider his stand and to defend himself, he did not change his confession and also declined to have a civil advocate - Confession was, there.fore, justly recorded in court martial proceedings by the officials - In reply affidavit to writ application, authorities unambiguously denied that respondent was forced to· give confession - However, same was not taken into consideration by High Court - Further, the document attached along with writ petition substantiating that respondent was pressurized by his superiors was not a part of court martial proceedings in the first place and no explanation was given for the same - Also, no reason given by High Court as to how s.107 of Air Force Act vitiated the enquiry against the respondent - High Court committed manifest error in interfering with the impugned decision of Competent authority - Air Force Act, 1950 - ss.39(a) (b), 161, 107 - Constitution of India - Arts. 21, 22. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 918 |
Petitioner | Union Of India & Ors. |
Respondent | Devjee Mishra |
SCR | [2016] 8 S.C.R. 84 |
Judgement Date | 2016-09-27 |
Case Number | 823 |
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