LT COL JASPREET KAUR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 3198/2025 LT COL JASPREET KAUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhabra, with Mr. Deepak Kumar Thakur, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Jagdish Chandra, CGSC with Ms.Archana Surve, GP and Mr.Subham Kumar Mishra, Adv. for R-1 to R-3 Col Sarika, Lt Col Deepak Ranva, Major Anish Murlidhar and Major Tarun CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 14929/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 3198/2025 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner being aggrieved by the Order dated 24.02.2025 passed by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “learned Tribunal”) passed in Original Application No. 2482/2023 (O.A.) titled Maj Jaspreet Kaur v. Union of India & Ors.. By the said Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 3198/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:19.03.2025 20:08:30 order, although the submissions of the learned counsels for the parties were heard and orders were reserved, no interim protection was granted to the petitioner. In fact, there is not even a consideration of the said prayer. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is due to be released as a Short Service Commissioned officer on 18.03.2025. He submits that the learned Tribunal has orally indicated that it would not be possible for the learned Tribunal to pronounce the Judgment before the said date. He submits that, therefore, the OA filed by the petitioner itself would become infructuous, and the petitioner would be left remediless without being heard. 4. He further submits that the petitioner