Supreme Court of India · 2019-09-25
UNION OF INDIA vs LT. COL. KULDEEP YADAV
- Citation / case number
- SC 2017/17096
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- UNION OF INDIA
- Respondent
- LT. COL. KULDEEP YADAV
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed whether the Armed Forces Tribunal should have interfered with the punishment of censure awarded to Lt. Col. Kuldeep Yadav, which was deemed appropriate by the competent authority. The court concluded that the Tribunal's intervention was unwarranted as it improperly questioned the subjective satisfaction of the authority regarding the severity of the punishment. The appeal was allowed, affirming the original censure imposed.