2017 INSC 0190
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                            Bharat Singh Shakya

                                                      Vs.

                                               Union of India

                                           Crl.A.No.430 of 2017

                                 (Kurian Joseph and R.Banumathi,JJ.,)

                                                 23.02.2017

                                                JUDGMENT

Kurian Joseph,J.,

1. Leave to appeal is granted.

2. Delay condoned. Appeal admitted.

3. In the nature of the order we propose to pass, it is not necessary to issue notice to the
respondents.

4. The appellant was dismissed from service, which was challenged by him before the
Armed Forces Tribunal. The Tribunal, however, dismissed the appeal upholding termination
to be proper.

5. It is seen that during the pendency of the proceedings, the appellant had made a
representation to the competent authority and the said competent authority has converted the
'dismissal' of the appellant into 'discharge'.

6. Therefore, this appeal is disposed of making it clear that the punishment imposed on the
appellant will be substituted as 'discharge' for all purposes.

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