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Bombay HC upholds jail term to ex-Army officer for sexually assaulting minor: ‘Her instinct…must be believed’
February 19, 2025 10:12 am
In 2021, a General Court Martial had convicted a former lieutenant colonel-rank officer for the aggravated sexual assault of a minor daughter of a junior official. An Armed Forces Tribunal bench later upheld the order.
Studying Chola naval campaigns, reducing Scottish pipe bands: Armed forces propose shedding colonial practices
September 29, 2024 9:15 am
Shedding colonial-era practices, Army to raise units with pan-India character.
Writing 'Trespassers will be shot' on armed forces' premises not proper: Allahabad HC
June 06, 2024 10:45 pm
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav made the above observation while granting bail to Etvir Limbu, a Nepali national apprehended for illegally entering into an Air Force Station here in an intoxicated condition in February.
Armed Forces Tribunal upholds 5-year RI to Army Officer for sexual assault on girl
February 14, 2024 7:51 am
The Tribunal also directed the dismissed appellant officer, who was on bail, to surrender within 14 days to suffer the remaining jail term.
Armed Forces Tribunal junks sacked Army major’s plea for copies of inquiries against him
December 10, 2023 7:47 am
In March 2022, the Military Intelligence Counter Intelligence Unit of Strategic Forces Command found the major to be in contact with a Pakistani intelligence operative named Aarushi Akash on Facebook.
AFT orders promotion of Colonel in Survey of India as Brigadier, Major General
November 09, 2023 7:05 pm
The Armed Forces Tribunal said the low medical fitness of the Colonel did not matter because he was not working in Army but in the Survey of India.
Punjab and Haryana High Court issues contempt notice to senior MoD official and Major General
October 22, 2023 3:09 pm
The issue pertains to the matter of retirees of the rank of honorary naib subedars who were not paid interest on their pension arrears as directed by the Armed Forces Tribunal in 2017.
SC refuses to interfere with transfer of Armed Forces Tribunal member
October 14, 2023 4:25 am
A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, however, sought the Centre’s response on the prayer to divest the tribunal from the control of the Ministry of Defence.
CJI bench pauses transfer of Armed Forces Tribunal Judge after Bar strike
October 10, 2023 9:13 am
It also wrote twice to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, terming the transfer as “a direct assault on the independence of judicial functioning” of the AFT. It alleged that Justice Chaudhary was transferred because “he refused to buckle under the pressure of the Ministry of Defence”.
Fast-track pending cases, Rajnath tells AFT
August 05, 2023 3:27 am
He said this while addressing an event organised to celebrate AFT Raising Day here. Stating that while there is a huge number of pending cases in different courts across the country, specialised tribunals are set up to reduce the burden.
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