...) 2 SCC 198, (1991) 16 ATC 486, AIR 1991 SC 483, Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh ...from one Shri Rajendra Singh, owner of pansari shop, for sale of 87 MT gas through BPLs and kerb side pump, kept by Dvr. Gde 11, Ramakant Prasad of ‘A’ Coy 5033 ASC Bn (MT). The appellant later on...Dhillon, Presiding Officer, Summary of Evidence, sent a letter to the appellant and LDC J.P Singh directing them to be present on 9-8-1989 at 1000 hrs for recording summary evidence. The evidence was...

...interpreting the scope of such a statute the dominant purpose underlying the statute has to be borne in mind. In Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v...

...Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India (1982) 3 SCC 140 and held that the proceeding before the General Court Martial was i..., he directed driver Rattan Singh to park an army vehicle near the ration store for loading dry ration. Respondent Ramji with the help of one labourer from civilian side loaded the dry ration in the...

...judgment of this Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India (1982) 3 SCC 140 came to the conclusion that as Rule 22 of...Pal Singh Bedi case (1982) 3 SCC 140.5. For the reasons stated above, this appeal fails and the same is dismissed....the respondent at the very beginning of the court-martial proceedings and if the objections were then to be considered by the Military Court then as per the law laid down by this Court in Prithi Pal...

...constituting an independent adjudicatory forum for defence personnel. In 1982, the Supreme Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Uni...merit in the contention of the private parties that while the said Act was introduced keeping in mind the earlier observations of the Supreme Court inter alia in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi cas...Nand Lal Verma v. Union of India.v. SLP(C) No. 26568/2015 titled Randeep Singh Guleria v. Union of India.vi. SLP...

...Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India, 1982 SCC (Cri.) 642.14. Considering the nature of ...Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand reported in 2005 (2) JCC 908 came to a conclusion that the enactment is prospective. The...1753,Dayal Singh v. State of Rajasthan, 2004 (2) Apex Criminal Cases 696,Nirmal Kanti Roy v. State of WB, 1998...

...on the decision rendered in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi (1982) 3 SCC 140...documents.20. Rule 180 had come up for consideration in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi (...delineation is as follows: (Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi case (198...

...with the provisions of Rules 22, 23 and 24 and Army Order No. 70/84. We have been referred to two decisions of the Supreme Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal ...recorded by Lt. Col. B.P Singh from 15-4-1985 onwards in which the respondent participated. He cross-examined the witnesses during the recording of Summary of Evidence. The respondent did not...were (1) Major General A.B Gorthi, (2) Brigadier Mohinder Krishan and (3) Lieutenant Colonel R.P Singh. It was submitted before us that though there is no bar in the Rules to provide the services of an...

....11. This Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India (1982) 3 SCC 140, (1983) 1 SCR 393 at p...

...test for examining the validity of the composition of general court martial it is necessary to turn to the facts of each case in this behalf. Lt.-Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi (Writ Petition No. 4903.... Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi was granted permanent regular commission in the Regiment of Artillery in 1958 and in course of his service he came to be promoted as Captain, then as Major and at the...V.K Singh belonging to the 2 Rajput Regiment was a Company Commander under Lt. Col. Verma. He applied for casual leave for seven days and Lt. Col. Verma granted the same. In the meantime on October...

...the Army Rules, 1954 had not been followed and that is a mandatory provision as laid down by the Supreme Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India...stated is ‘committing theft of property belonging to the Government’.2. The main point urged by the learned Counsel for the petitioner Mr. Bishram Singh was that Rule 22 of...the charge under Rule 22. The learned Counsel Mr. Bishram Singh submitted that no such statement was given to the petitioner and no statement was recorded. The respondents have not been able to show...

...court-martial during which a regular trial was conducted.15. In Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of...exercise their options under Rule 25. Therefore the question of violation of Rules 22 to 24 in the manner alleged by them does not arise.36. In Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh ...is an officer, is concerned vide Prithi Pal Singh case (1982) 3 SCC 140, (1983) 1 SCR 393.29. The next submission is regarding the general court-martial...

...immediate action and such reference cannot be made without detriment to discipline.”7. The Supreme Court in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. The Union of India...record is to be kept by the Commanding Officer regarding that investigation. However, we are informed that after the decision in Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi case's (supra) the Army authorities...be given full liberty to cross-examine the witnesses deposing against him as has been noticed in Lt Cal. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi case's (supra). The Commanding Officer after holding the preliminary...

...accordingly having no merit requires dismissal. In support of his contention Mr. Ghosh placed reliance on Lt.-Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi...should be continued with.8. In Lt.-Col Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India (supra) the Hon'ble Supreme Court obse...Lt.-Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India (supra) while indicating the purpose and object of a section and the meaning of non...

...Lt. Col. Amal Sankar Bhaduri v. Union of India 1987 Cal LT 1 of which one of us (U.C Banerjee, J.) was a party.3. This Court in ..., the Constitution Bench of this Court in Baldev Singh (1999) 6 SCC 172 has the following to state:“24. There is, thus, unanimity of judicial pronouncements to the...situation as above, rendered the entire proceeding stand vitiated. The decision in Baldev Singh (1999) 6 SCC 172 mainly dealt with the provisions of Section 50, which would be dealt with shortly hereafter...

...in (1982) 3 SCC 140: (AIR 1982 SC 1413), Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India. It has been observed at para...

...also refers to the judgment of the Supreme Court reported in Lt. Col Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India and others AIR 1982...

..., the second court martial was hot barred. Reliance is placed on Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India, AIR 1982 SC 1413 Para. 37 at page 1432...

..., Major General Inderjit Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. , G.S. Sandhu Lt. Col. v. Union of India and Ors. 2002 (2) SLR 120...Major General Inderjit Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. , Maj. A.R. Malhotra v. Union of India and Ors. Mil LJ 2005 J & K 184, Lt. ...be of serious consequences particularly when they cause prejudice to the basic protections available to the member of the Force under different provisions as the Supreme Court in the case of Lt. Col. Prithi Pal ...

...reliance on a Supreme Court judgment reported as 1983 Criminal Appeals Reporter (S.C) 137, (Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India and others). (1) Mr. Sharma argued tha...binding and mandatory in nature. The consequence thus is vitiation of the entire enquiry as held by the Supreme Court in the case of Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi (Supra) that the opening words o...to the petitioner to assist him in his defence, namely, Major Bhagat Singh vide his letter dated 15th December, 1983 (Annexure C), expressed his total unwillingness to continue as defending officer...