LOK 2011 (9) SC 123 · Supreme Court of India
Union of India & Ors. v. Bodupalli Gopalaswami
Equivalent citations: AIR 2011 SCW 5331 : JT 2011 (11) SC 47 : 2011 (10) Scale 275 : (2011) 13 SCC 553 : [2011] 11 SCR 326 : AIR 2012 SC (Supp) 245
SubjectMilitary Law, Service Law
Acts63 and 71, Army Act, 1950, Army Rules, 1954, Pension Regulations for the Army (Part I), 1961
Forfeiture of pension under Pension Regulation 16(a) depends on dismissal, not on the court martial’s sentence; where dismissal of a Commandant for technical charges was shockingly disproportionate, the Court substituted a lesser punishment and restored pension.
