Apex court dismisses plea against Army chief-designate

[Abingdonboy]

NEW DELHI, APRIL 23:
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition challenging the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army chief.

The court said that after carefully going through the averments made in the petition and the material placed before it, it does not find anything material to entertain the petition.

The court had gone through the documents submitted before it by the Centre regarding the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the Army Chief-designate.

The PIL, filed by petitioners including former Naval Chief Admiral L. Ramdas, had challenged the appointment of Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief alleging his involvement in a fake encounter in 2001 in Kashmir.

The petitioners also alleged that Lt Gen Bikram Singh did not take action against certain officers accused of sexual harassment when he was leading a peacekeeping force in Congo. The petitioners warned that these charges should not be ignored as they are serious in nature, adding that Lt Gen Bikram Singh was promoted not entirely on grounds of merit.

The court sought to know whether the charges against Lt Gen Bikram Singh were forwarded to the Cabinet Committee on Appointments when the green signal was given for him to succeed Gen V.K. Singh as the next Army Chief when the latter retires on May 31.

The Government had claimed that the PIL was filed with malafide intention and with an intention to rake up the controversy of the Army Chief's age once again.

It maintained that Lt Gen Bikram Singh's appointment was done in a transparent manner, adding that there was a communal angle to the case.

The apex court restrained the petitioners from coming up with “bald” allegations against Lt Gen Bikram Singh.

The court, while agreeing to hear the PIL against Lt Gen Bikram Singh's appointment as the Army Chief-designate, however, said it will not re-consider the age controversy of the Army Chief Gen V K Singh.

The court had earlier declined to conduct the proceedings in the matter ‘in-camera’ (in private).

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Knew this would happen, all trash talk from certain people in society. It's okay though, this man and others like him fight and put their lives on the line for their right to make such scandalous and unfounded accusations and have them addressed in court.

 

[Rig Vedic]

Business Line : Industry & Economy News : Apex court dismisses plea against Army chief-designate

Knew this would happen, all trash talk from certain people in society. It's okay though, this man and others like him fight and put their lives on the line for their right to make such scandalous and unfounded accusations and have them addressed in court.

The unfortunate part is that the scandalous accusations have never been investigated by any neutral agency. Many good men have been treated unjustly due to manipulation by corrupt political masters.

The Supreme Court is playing the role of a fiddling Nero in this sordid affair.

 

[pari.mehta]

The unfortunate part is that the scandalous accusations have never been investigated by any neutral agency. Many good men have been treated unjustly due to manipulation by corrupt political masters.

The Supreme Court is playing the role of a fiddling Nero in this sordid affair.

More like people who are playing politics within the army are getting shot down and getting humiliated by the courts for slandering institutions and reckless mudslinging to score points.

Good, the guy was cleared by the courts and investigation earlier in an encounter where our troops died now the bloody arms lobbies should shut the f up and stay banned.

 

[Rig Vedic]

More like people who are playing politics within the army are getting shot down and getting humiliated by the courts for slandering institutions and reckless mudslinging to score points.

Good, the guy was cleared by the courts and investigation earlier in an encounter where our troops died now the bloody arms lobbies should shut the f up and stay banned.

It's the looting politicians who are running the show.

The Court has not dealt with the core issue which is the how the politicians and arms import lobbies sabotage careers to get their favorites promoted.

 

[Rig Vedic]

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