SQN LDR SWATI PRAKASH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6123/2025 SQN LDR SWATI PRAKASH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kavish Aggarwala, Mr. Shubham Kumar, Mr Vishal Kumar Singh, Mr Uttam Kumar, Mr Ritesh Singh, Mr Suraj Pathak, Mr Preetam Runthala, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy SPC with Mr Adil Hussain Taqvi, Ms Usha Jamnal, Ms Harshita Chaturvedi, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 08.05.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The prayed clause in this writ petition reads thus : “In view of the facts and circumstances mentioned and the ground raise in this writ Petition the Petitioner humbly prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to allow the present writ by passing the following directions: A. Issue a writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, directing the Hon’ble Armed Forces Tribunal to immediately list and expeditiously hear and dispose of the petitioner’s Original Application, which has been pending for over two years W.P.(C) 6123/2025 Page 1 of 3 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:14.05.2025 15:46:01 and not taken up for hearing for the past eight months; B. Direct the Respondents to return of the Petitioner's personal mobile phone, which was taken by the Petitioner’s husband on 08.03.2023; C. Direct the respondents to consider the petitioner for the Board of Permanent Commission without taking into consideration the findings of the Court of Inquiry. D. Direct the Respondents to award exemplary compensation to the Petitioner for the illegal, arbitrary, and unauthorized seizure and continued detention of her mobile phone without her consent, which amounts to