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Aug 29 2001 (HC)

Major S. Ravi and Others Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2001(5)ALD839; 2001(6)ALT202; 93(2001)DLT647

..... each and every aspect of the matter. suffice it to elaborate and understand the import of section 25 of the army act, 1950 and rule 7 of the survey of india (recruitment from corps of engineer officers), rules, 1950.10. section 2 of the army act categorises the persons subject to the act and they shall remain as such until they retire, discharged, released, removed, dismissed or cashiered from ..... the service. section 2(2)(xviii) of the army act defines officer to mean a person commissioned, gazetted or in .....

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Mar 02 1993 (HC)

Lakh Narayan Karan Vs. Union of India (Uoi) Through the Special Secret ...

Court : Patna

..... did not regularise his leave, on the other hand, sentenced him to undergo for an imprisonment for 28 days, for committing the offence under section 39 of the army act, which provides punishment for a person who over stays the leave granted to him without sufficient cause.3. while the petitioner was undergoing an imprisonment ..... found guilty in a summary court-martial proceeding, it is necessary to refer to the relevant provisions of the army act. section 71 of the act which prescribes the punishment awardable by a court-martial runs as follows:section 71. punishment awardable by courts-martial. - punishments may be inflicted in respect of offence committed by persons subject ..... leave granted to him. the offence which the petitioner is alleged to have committed is under section 41(1) of the army act, 195u (hereinafter referred to as the act), which runs as follows:any person subject to this act who disobeys in such manner as to show a wilful defiance of authority any lawful command given .....

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Sep 01 1993 (SC)

Bhuwneshwar Singh Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1993)2CALLT31(SC); 1993CriLJ3454; JT1993(5)SC154; 1993(3)SCALE589; (1993)4SCC327; [1993]Supp2SCR56

..... with a view to avoid hardship to the persons convicted by court martial, has in 1992 incorporated in the army act itself a provision similar in terms as section 428 cr. pc. section 169a of the army act, as introduced by the army amendment act, 1992, provides:169a. period of detention undergone by the accused to be set-off against the sentence of ..... by respondent no. 4, in spite of the presence of the commanding officer in the unit, it was illegal. we cannot agree. under section 169(2) of the army act read with army rule 166, a warrant for the committal of a person sentenced by court martial to a civil prison is required to be forwarded and signed ..... of the central government for the detention of the appellant beyond a period of three months was obtained and, therefore, the safeguards provided for in sections 101-103 of the army act read with rule 27 of the rules were respected in their breach, without any explanation being furnished for non-compliance with the requirements of those .....

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Mar 14 1956 (HC)

Chhandra Bhan Varma Vs. Union of India

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1956Bom601

..... the pleasure of the president can it be said that the plaintiff still has a right of action for dismissal? the argument here was that the effect of sections 22 to 24, army act of 1950 and the rules and regulations made thereunder was that the service of the plaintiff could not be regarded as during the pleasure of the president.10. this argument ..... must be negatived. in the first place it goes contrary to the express and explicit language of article 310. moreover it ignores section 18, army act which lays down that every person .....

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Mar 23 2004 (SC)

Union of India (Uoi) and ors. Vs. Gurnam Singh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2004SC2126; 2004(5)ALLMR(SC)610; 110(2004)DLT566(SC); 2004(75)DRJ122; [2004(102)FLR646]; JT2004(4)SC280; 2004(4)SCALE148; (2004)4SCC636; (2004)2UPLBEC1859

..... mind in the summary of evidence and satisfied myself that there is a prime-facie case against the accused on both the charges under army act section 63 and 47 respectively.2. in pursuance of army rule 41, i had approved and empowered my staff officer lieutenant colonel ram nagina singh, the then deputy assistant adjutant general (legal), ..... the officer who actually convenes the court-martial under sub-rule (3) of rule 37 can be two different officers, but both must be competent under section 109 of the army act.11. in the instant case, the facts are not disputed by the respondent the documents produced by the respondent himself show that on 9.3.1987, ..... that the charges framed against the delinquent officer are within the purview of the army act and that the evidence justifies a trial by court-martial of such charges. the above satisfaction can be entered by an officer empowered under section 109 of the army act before the actual convening of the court-martial. in other words, the officer .....

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Sep 21 2016 (HC)

Indian Defence Service of Engineers Association (Govt. Approved) Vs. U ...

Court : Delhi

..... of the mes continued to be governed by other existing instructions. no separate criterions were prescribed in 1959 for the army officers who were part of mes. in this background the military engineer services (army personnel) regulations, 1989 were formulated under section 192, army act, 1950. the composition of the mes was described as comprising of''..the officers, junior commissioned officers and other ranks of the ..... by saying that mes could not have been restructured by the central government by framing them under the army act, 1950. this amounted to changing the structure and framework of mes, an independent body that is not within the scope and ambit of section 192 of the army act; changing of structure of mes is not within the scope of power of the central government under .....

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Nov 23 2011 (SC)

Shish Ram Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2012(1)SCC290; 2012(1)LLN394; AIR2012SCW1167

..... counsel for the respondents, on the other hand, submitted that the authority to dismiss the appellant from service is the brigade commander and this should be clear from section 20(3) of the army act, 1950. he submitted that the appellant has in fact been dismissed by the brigade commander. regarding pension, he submitted that regulation 113(a) of the pension regulations, 1961 clearly ..... was ineligible for pension and gratuity in respect of his previous service. 6. sub-section (3) of section 20 of the army act, 1950 and regulation 206 of the defence services regulations, 1961 are quoted hereinbelow: section 20 - dismissal, removal or reduction by the chief of the army staff and by other officers- (3).an officer having power not less than a brigade or equivalent commander or .....

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May 24 2011 (TRI)

Ex Maj Yr Sharma Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Armed forces Tribunal AFT Principal Bench New Delhi

..... , details of which are given in column (d) of annexure iv, thereby causing loss to the government to the tune of rs.31,240/-. the sixth charge is under army act section 63, which is an alternative charge to fifth charge. charge no. 7 alleges that the appellant did not take action to credit the stores in the ledger, details of which ..... no.rao/mes/audit objs 4/01 to 3/02 amc dated 1.7.2003. a request was also made therein to make a preliminary investigation. in this letter, army act section 122 was also referred to. it does not contain the name of the appellant though involvements of retd/posted out officers were shown. again as per the letter dated 23 ..... the period june 2001 and november 2001 to may 2002. after audit objection, the court martial was convened only on 23.9.2005. it is, therefore, barred by limitation under army act section 122. in this regard, the letter dated 10.10.2003 sent by hq centre and school, lucknow to hqs central command (dv branch), lucknow-2 was referred to stating .....

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Feb 15 2005 (HC)

Shri Suryakant @ Bandu Ranoji Andekar Vs. the State of Maharashtra, Th ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2005CriLJ4478

..... 'section 433-a would operate in the field and a prisoner who is undergoing sentence of imprisonment for life and is ..... case where the person undergoes the imprisonment under the army act, is totally devoid of substance. undisputedly, the apex court in the said case was dealing with the matter wherein the concerned person was undergoing life imprisonment pursuant to the conviction under sec. 302 of the i.p.c. read with sec. 69 of the army act, 1950. nevertheless, the apex court therein has clearly held that .....

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Jul 14 2009 (HC)

Ordinance Clothing Factory Workers Union Rep. by Its Secretary, N.J. R ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2009)6MLJ269

..... supreme court again in r. viswan v. union of india : air 1983 sc 658 wherein the qeustion was whether section 21 of the army act, 1950 r/w chapter iv of the army rules 1954 is within the scope and ambit of article 33 of the constitution of india and whether central government notifications ..... act. section 124(j) of the tamil nadu district municipalities act which gives exemption from payment of profession tax reads as follows:124.j. exemptions.- nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to (a)the members of the armed forces of the union serving in any part of this state to whom the provisions of the army act, 1950 (central act xlv of 1950), the air force act, 1950 (central act ..... maintenance of discipline among them.in enacting the army act, 1950, insofar as it restricts or abrogates any of the fundamental rights of the members of the armed forces, parliament derives its competence from article 33 of the constitution. section 2(1) of the act enumerates the persons who are subject to the .....

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