
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law on a Public Interest Litigation. The PIL filed by Army Reserve Officer Maj Navdeep Singh who is also the first president of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association states that excessive control of Ministry of Defence over appointments, infrastructure, rule-making and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, being the...

08:55 PM, May 30, 2012

New Delhi: Trouble seems to be brewing up for Army chief General VK Singh yet again as the Chandigarh bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal is all set to hear a petition against him, filed by Major General TS Handa. Maj Gen Handa filed an appeal against Singh saying his "annual confidential report" had been "spoilt" as he could not change the Army chief's date of birth. General Singh is...

08:56 AM, Feb 14, 2012

New Delhi: The General Court Martial (GCM) of Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash, indicted in Sukna land scam, will now take place in Guwahati instead of Manipur following his plea and the Armed Forces Tribunal has asked the Army to fix a new date for the trial, which was scheduled to start on June 15. The decision came after the Army agreed to shift the court martial proceedings from Leimakhong in...

04:16 PM, Jun 10, 2011

The Armed Forces Tribunal had ruled in favour of a Brigadier who had charged one senior officer of belittling his achievements. ...

06:54 PM, Jul 12, 2010

New Delhi: The Armed Forces Tribunal on Friday turned down former military secretary Lt Gen (retired) Avdesh Prakash's plea to allow his realtor friend as a witness in the reconvened Court of Inquiry (CoI) in the Sukna land scam case. "Calling prosecution witness as defence witness is uncalled for. Prosecution witness cannot be juxtaposed as defence witness," the Tribunal bench headed by Justice S S Kulshreshtha said. Lt Gen Prakash,...

12:15 PM, Jun 04, 2010

Kargil hero Brigadier Devinder Singh was forced into retirement after Lieutenant General Kishan Pal's allegation. ...

12:11 AM, May 28, 2010

Armed Forces Tribunal says the history of the Kargil war must be rewritten and indicts senior officers. ...

11:58 PM, May 27, 2010

A tribunal has asked the Army to consider the affected officer for a notional promotion. ...

12:06 PM, May 27, 2010

The order was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice Balakrishnan. ...

05:42 PM, Mar 16, 2010

New Armed Forces Tribunal has the power to review military courts orders. ...

12:53 AM, Aug 09, 2009