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No ‘martyrs’ in Army: Government
TNN | Updated: Dec 16, 2017, 07:48 IST
NEW DELHI: There are no "shaheed" in the Army or police; instead, the terms used are "battle casualty" or "operations casualty", the ministries of defence and home have informed the central information commission in response to an RTI query.
Besides wanting to know from the home ministry the exact definition of "shaheed" as per the law and the Constitution, the applicant, Vidyasagar Singh, also sought information on which Acts of law ensured restrictions on its misuse and penalty for violation.
In his order, information commissioner Yashovardhan Azad quoted from submissions and said there was no scope for misuse since the decision to declare cases of "battle casualty" and "ops" was taken after the report of a court of inquiry.
In Video: No ‘martyrs’ in Army: Government
TNN | Updated: Dec 16, 2017, 07:48 IST
- No “shaheed” in the Army or police, ministries of defence and home said.
- This came in response to an RTI query who insisted on knowing the exact definition of “shaheed”.
NEW DELHI: There are no "shaheed" in the Army or police; instead, the terms used are "battle casualty" or "operations casualty", the ministries of defence and home have informed the central information commission in response to an RTI query.
Besides wanting to know from the home ministry the exact definition of "shaheed" as per the law and the Constitution, the applicant, Vidyasagar Singh, also sought information on which Acts of law ensured restrictions on its misuse and penalty for violation.
In his order, information commissioner Yashovardhan Azad quoted from submissions and said there was no scope for misuse since the decision to declare cases of "battle casualty" and "ops" was taken after the report of a court of inquiry.
In Video: No ‘martyrs’ in Army: Government