HARDEV SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court examined the appeal under Section 30 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, concerning the denial of promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General for the appellant, a Major General. The Court held that the change in promotion policy from a 'value-judgment' to a 'quantification method' was impermissible as it was implemented after the Special Selection Board (SSB) had already commenced its proceedings for the 1973 batch. The Court emphasized that the new policy should not have retroactively affected the promotion process for the 1973 batch officers, thereby ruling in favor of the appellant.