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#SupremeCourt hears Union of India Vs Lt Col Ranjeet Singh where the charge against the officer was cutting trees in campus and used the money for personal use and not deposit it in army corpus

Attorney General KK Venugopal: This plea raises issues of general importance

AG: Court of enquiry was held. Commanding officer had to hear the charges the against him. Even the accused can have witnesses on behalf of him. #supremecourt

AG: All witnesses are examined and cross examined in court of enquiry. Section 157 of Army act concerns summary general court martial #supremecourt

SC: Issue raised in present proceeding is about interpretation of Rules 157, 164 and 51 of Army Rules 1954. Since the matter will require authoritative pronouncement of this court, we issue notice. Counter affidavit to be filed in 4 weeks #SupremeCourt