Detailed guide to Air Force Rules 82–101 covering Presiding Officer duties, prosecutor impartiality, public and closed sittings, hours and adjournments, suspension and continuity of trial, member absence, voting, interpreters, record of proceedings, inspection and transmission.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 70–81 explained: deliberation and voting, reasoned findings, special findings, acquittal, sentencing evidence, mercy recommendations, confirmation, revision, promulgation and partial confirmation.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 49–69 explained: court constitution, member challenges, arraignment, objections to charge, jurisdiction, guilty and not-guilty pleas, plea in bar, no-case submission, defence evidence, accused as witness and Judge Advocate summing up.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 34–43 explained: charge-sheet drafting, particulars, signatures, defence preparation, warning for trial, joint trial, Rule 42 exigency suspension and Rule 43 convening-authority satisfaction.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 24–28 explained: hearing of charge, cross-examination, Summary of Evidence, accused’s statement, remand for court-martial and action by DCM/GCM convening authorities.
Read MoreAir Force Act Sections 109–119 and Air Force Rules 43–52 explained: GCM, DCM and SGCM, convening authority, composition, member rank, disqualification, unit restrictions, challenges, legal constitution and dissolution.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Navy Act Sections 184, 184A and 185: Central Government regulation-making power, retrospective regulations, parliamentary laying, Navy Instructions, ultra vires challenge and AFT review.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 180–183 explained: estate administration for personnel of unsound mind or officially missing on active service, Standing Committee of Adjustment, delegated commanding-officer powers, and forfeiture of effects after one month absence without leave.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 171–179 explained: disposal of deceased sailors’ and officers’ private property, Committee of Adjustment, ship and service debts, Administrator-General, surplus, legal representatives and good-faith protection.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 138–142 explained: compensation from fine, contempt by persons subject and not subject to naval law, false evidence/perjury, BNSS/BNS transition and court-martial proceedings as judicial proceedings.
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