A lawyer has written to Modi govt & AFT, citing controversial comments made by Lt Gen. Ashwani Kumar (Retd) about disabled soldiers & his call for a code of conduct for veterans.
SC said to claim disability pension, the injury or death of an Army man must be connected with military service, no matter how remote the connection might be.
He filed a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal and contended that it should call for the service records of both him and Vice Admiral KB Singh and compare them.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
It is better to wind up the Armed Forces Tribunal forthwith as the very purpose of establishing the AFT is frustrated. Further, while almost all the Benches are non functional, why the Registry is open for filing Applications? Although only the Advocates, who are practicing in Armed Forces Tribunals are doing brisk business, out of their honest clients. God save this country. There is law, but who will implement?
While lack of members has certainly had adverse impact on the functioning of AFTs, it’s absolutely misleading to say that pension cases take five years. In fact, wherever members are present, normal cases involving pension, disability, family pension, last pay drawn etc get resolved within one year and AFTs have proved a great boon to the armed forces personnel. For some strange reason, even when the state of members was healthy, there was an attempt to project the AFT as a toothless set up which is totally wrong. The biggest damage to AFT and gross injustice to members of armed forces will be done be if civilians ( read bureaucrats) get themselves posted as ‘expert’ members. They have quietly manipulated the QR to ‘qualify’ for the post and are biding their time to strike !!!
Similar to the majority of articles on The Print, this article is intended to create mistrust, alarm & spread disinformation.
To all the young folk reading this – “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Take up the challenge – do something for India.
For the greater good.
We have 21 years old pending case in AFT lucknow…
It is better to wind up the Armed Forces Tribunal forthwith as the very purpose of establishing the AFT is frustrated. Further, while almost all the Benches are non functional, why the Registry is open for filing Applications? Although only the Advocates, who are practicing in Armed Forces Tribunals are doing brisk business, out of their honest clients. God save this country. There is law, but who will implement?
While lack of members has certainly had adverse impact on the functioning of AFTs, it’s absolutely misleading to say that pension cases take five years. In fact, wherever members are present, normal cases involving pension, disability, family pension, last pay drawn etc get resolved within one year and AFTs have proved a great boon to the armed forces personnel. For some strange reason, even when the state of members was healthy, there was an attempt to project the AFT as a toothless set up which is totally wrong. The biggest damage to AFT and gross injustice to members of armed forces will be done be if civilians ( read bureaucrats) get themselves posted as ‘expert’ members. They have quietly manipulated the QR to ‘qualify’ for the post and are biding their time to strike !!!
Na hoga judge na hoga justice.
Policy of AFT.
No hoga judge no hoga justice.
That’s policy of AFT
One correction:
Armed Forces Tribunal was set up in 2009 and not 2010 as stated.
Similar to the majority of articles on The Print, this article is intended to create mistrust, alarm & spread disinformation.
To all the young folk reading this – “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Take up the challenge – do something for India.
For the greater good.
True dat
Those who are litigants in Armed Forces Tribunal had done more than many thrives on subsidy from school days till death.