The Chief Justice of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on Monday requested Protection Minister and Chief of Military Workers Normal Upendra Devidi to look personally in a contempt case even supposing the incapacity pension of the junior servicemen was not paid, repeating the court docket’s order .
The AFT bench has directed the protection minister and the military chief to look in court docket on October 21 to elucidate the non-implementation of the court docket order.
The instructions observe a latest judgment by a bigger bench of the tribunal, which dominated that the AFT has contempt powers to implement its orders if a defendant willfully fails to conform.
The protection ministry had beforehand appealed in opposition to the authority of the AFT earlier than the Delhi Excessive Courtroom. Nonetheless, the Excessive Courtroom upheld the court docket’s energy to compel compliance and directed the Protection Secretary to file an affidavit confirming whether or not MoD approval was obtained earlier than difficult the AFT’s order.
Whereas the Excessive Courtroom has scheduled a listening to for October, it has made it clear that it’ll not challenge discover or keep the AFT’s proceedings, permitting the contempt case to proceed.
