Sukhjit Singh v. UOI and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
This Division Bench held that a civil writ petition concerning disability pension is cognizable only before the Armed Forces Tribunal and ordered the transfer of proceedings to that Tribunal under the relevant sections of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings transferred to Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh Regional Bench.
What the court decided
I N THE HI GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH
Ci vi l Wr i t Pet i t i on No. 18695 of 1997 ( O&M) DATE OF DECI SI ON: 10. 10. 2018
Sukhj i t Si ngh Ex- Hav. No. 13739153 …. . Pet i t i oner
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Uni on of I ndi a and ot her s
CORAM: - HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE ARUN PALLI
Pr esent : Shr i M. S. Rana, Advocat e f or t he pet i t i oner Shr i Chander Mohan Shar ma, Sr . Panel Counsel UOI f or t he r espondent s
KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE : ( Or al )
Si nce t he i ssue i nvol ved f or adj udi cat i on i s i n r espect of di sabi l i t y pensi on and l ear ned counsel f or t he par t i es ar e not at i ssue t hat t he mat t er i s cogni zabl e bef or e t he Ar med For ces Tr i bunal , Chandi gar h Regi onal Bench at Chandi mandi r and, t hus, t hi s pet i t i on ought t o be t r ansf er r ed i n vi ew of sect i on 14 r ead wi t h sect i on 34 of t he Ar med For ces Tr i bunal Act , 2007, accor di ngl y, t he pr oceedi ngs of t hi s pet i t i on st and t r ansf er r ed t o t he Ar med For ces Tr i bunal , Chandi gar h Regi onal Bench at Chandi mandi r .
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a civil writ petition concerning disability pension is cognizable before this High Court or should be transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Sukhjit Singh
- respondent
Union of India
Coram
Krishna Murari
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Punjab & Haryana HC
- Decided on
- · October
- Registered
- Case no.
- CWP/18695/1997
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