COL. SONY SHARMA AND ORS vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 13425/2024 COL. SONY SHARMA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ruchir Mishra, CGSC with Mr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Saxena and Ms Reba Jena Mishra Advocates Major Anish Muralidhar Army CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 08.05.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. On 3 October 2024, a Coordinate Bench of this Court noted the objection of learned Counsel who appeared on behalf of the respondents in this writ petition to the effect that the petitioners had, with them, an equally alternate efficacious remedy by way of an original application before the learned Armed Forces Tribunal1. The matter was re-notified for considering this preliminary objection. 1 “the learned AFT” hereinafter W.P.(C) 13425/2024 2. We have, today, heard Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Mishra, learned CGSC for the respondents, at length on this issue. 3. The synopsis filed with the present writ petition, in its opening paragraphs, encapsulates the