Armed Forces Tribunal

Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma moves Armed Forces Tribunal after being superseded for post of Indian Navy chief

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C) East will be the first helicopter pilot of Indian Navy to become Chief Naval Staff.

Army General Court Martial recommends Major General's removal from post in two-year-old sexual harassment case

An Army General Court Martial (GCM) on Sunday recommended dismissal of a Major General from service in a two-year-old sexual harassment case.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman helps missing soldier's mother get pension

Kamla Devi, mother of rifleman Rinku Ram who went missing while patrolling along the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh in 2009, finally won her battle of more than seven years as the Centre sanctioned her pension, thanks to an intervention by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

CBI closes case against sacked captain in naval war-room leak after 10 years

After over a decade of hounding and humiliation, the CBI has not found anything against the former captain of Indian Navy Kashyap Kumar, who was dismissed by the government in 2005 for being allegedly involved in the infamous naval war room leak case.

Over 100 Indian Army officers move Supreme Court over 'unjust and discriminatory' promotion policy

Nirmala Sitharaman faces a fresh challenge as more than 100 Indian Army officers have moved SC alleging "discrimination and injustice" in their promotions.

Macchil fake encounter case: Justification for granting bail scary, says Omar Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah termed as "unbelievably scary" the "justification" for the Armed Forces Tribunal decision's to grant bail to five army personnel convicted in the 2010 Macchil fake encounter case

Machil fake encounter: Army tribunal suspends life sentence of convicts; victims' families say fight for justice will continue

Tension gripped Kashmir after an Armed Forces Tribunal in Chandigarh suspended life imprisonment of five army personnel including a colonel in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case

Macchil fake encounter case: Tribunal suspends life imprisonment of five army personnel; grants them bail

The Armed Forces Tribunal has suspended the life imprisonment of five army personnel who were convicted by a General Court Martial in 2014 for staging the killing of three Kashmiri civilians at Macchil in the state in 2010

Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL challenging military service pay for jawans

The Delhi HC declined to entertain a PIL challenging grant of lesser military service pay (MSP) to personnel below officer rank (PBOR), saying the appropriate forum is the Armed Forces Tribunal.

Going easy on love affairs in armed forces could be an error

The tribunal’s cavalier approach is clearly predicated on the new world out there and the fact that even the forces have to move on with the times.