Gen VK Singh age row Government on back foot
Wounded government plans its strategy
The Supreme Court on Friday did not comment on the merit of the government's decision to reject the army chief's statutory complaint on his date of birth issue.
But the harsh words from the apex court - that the decision making process was vitiated - hit the government hard.
The defence ministry was not prepared for such strong criticism. In his statutory complaint to defence minister A.K Antony, General V.K. Singh had challenged an earlier order of the ministry to maintain his date of birth as May 10, 1950.
Whatever is ultimately the outcome of the legal battle between the army chief and the defence ministry, the apex court's rap on the issue has come as a blow to the government just a day after the huge embarrassment of the 2g spectrum licences being cancelled
Read more:
General draws first blood: Government on back foot as Supreme Court points to procedural lapses in Army Chief's age row By Gayanant Singh and Gautam Datt at 4:15 PM on 4th February 2012
Disclaimer
The contents posted on these Blogs are personal reflections of the Bloggers and do not reflect the views of the "Report My Signal- Blog" Team.
Neither the "Report my Signal -Blogs" nor the individual authors of any material on these Blogs accept responsibility for any loss or damage caused (including through negligence), which anyone may directly or indirectly suffer arising out of use of or reliance on information contained in or accessed through these Blogs.
This is not an official Blog site. This forum is run by team of ex- Corps of Signals, Indian Army, Veterans for social networking of Indian Defence Veterans. It is not affiliated to or officially recognized by the MoD or the AHQ, Director General of Signals or Government/ State.
The Report My Signal Forum will endeavor to edit/ delete any material which is considered offensive, undesirable and or impinging on national security. The Blog Team is very conscious of potentially questionable content. However, where a content is posted and between posting and removal from the blog in such cases, the act does not reflect either the condoning or endorsing of said material by the Team.
Blog Moderator: Lt Col James Kanagaraj (Retd)
No comments:
Post a Comment