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Supreme Court judgments on Army Act, 1950

10 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

S.K. Jain vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 10 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 572 : 2025 INSC 1215
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the tribunal substituting the conviction of the appellant u/s.63 of the Army Act for possession of ammunition without license and held him guilty u/s.63, an act p…
Arshnoor Kaur & Anr. vs The Union of India & Ors.
SC · 11 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1241 : 2025 INSC 954
(i) Whether after allowing induction of women in a particular corp or branch under section 12 of the Army Act, 1950, can the Respondents by way of a policy and/or administrative instruction restrict the number of women c…
Ex Sepoy Madan Prasad vs Union of India and Others
SC · 28 July 2023
[2023] 9 S.C.R. 1199 : 2023 INSC 656
Army Act, 1950 – s.39 (b) – Dismissal from service – Overstaying the leave – Appellant was enrolled in the Army service Corps as a Mechanical Transport Driver – Initially leave for 39 days granted to appellant – Further…
Joseph Shine vs Union of India
SC · 31 January 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 585 : 2023 INSC 87
Judgments/Orders – Clarification of – Army Act, 1950 – ss. 45, 63 – Air Force Act, 1950 – ss.45, 65 – Navy Act, 1957 – ss.54(2), 74 – Union of India (UOI) sought clarification of the judgment of Supreme Court in Joseph S…
Ic-56663x Col Anil Kumar Gupta vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 7 November 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 700 : 2022 INSC 1182
Army Act, 1950: s.122 – Limitation – In terms of s.122 of the Army Act, no trial by Court Martial of any person subject to the Army Act, for any offence could be commenced after the expiration of a period of three years,…
Sanjay Marutirao Patil vs Union of India and Others
SC · 24 January 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 329 : 2020 INSC 85
Army Act, 1950 – s. 63 – Army Rules, 1954 – r. 17 – Termination from service – The appellant was charged u/s. 63 of the Act – Appellant pleaded guilty – The Summary Court Martial awarded the appellant with the punishment…
Randhir Singh vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 925 : 2019 INSC 729
Army Act, 1950 – s.120 – Appellant enrolled in the 43 Armed Brigade and at the material time was posted as Acting Lance Dafadar – Allegation that in August, 2007 while on duty for cleaning the service area in the morning…
Union of India & Ors. vs Ex. No.6492086a Sep/Ash Kulbeer Singh
SC · 11 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 1099 : 2019 INSC 340
Army Act, 1950 – s.106 – Inquiry into absence without leave – Respondent-sepoy in the Indian Army failed to report to his new unit – He was declared to be a deserter – However, respondent reported after a lapse of 302 da…
Union of India & Others vs Col Ran Singh Dudee
SC · 3 July 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 93 : 2018 INSC 576
Army Act, 1950 – ss. 83, 39(a) – Selection – Selection from the post of Lt. Colonel to the rank of Colonel – On facts, findings of General Court Martial against respondent-army officer quashed – Reinstatement of responde…
Ex Sig. Man Kanhaiya Kumar vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 9 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 679 : 2018 INSC 13
Army Act, 1950 – ss.20(3), 122(4) – Dismissal from service – Propriety of – Appellant, enrolled in Army as Sepoy/Washerman, dismissed from service for obtaining enrolment on the basis of fake relationship certificate – R…

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