A detailed guide to Army Rule 57 plea of no case, the prima facie test, special findings under Section 139 and Rule 62, reasons, trial strategy and AFT challenge.
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Read MoreA detailed guide to Armed Forces Tribunal jurisdiction under Section 14, the meaning of service matters, Section 3(o) exclusions, Section 21 exhaustion and OA maintainability.
Read MoreA 2026 guide to termination of an Army officer under Army Act Section 19 read with Army Rule 14, including show-cause procedure, adverse reports, court-martial impracticability or inexpediency, undesirable retention, pension consequences and judicial review.
Read MoreA 2026 guide to concurrent criminal-court and court-martial jurisdiction under Army Act Sections 125–126, BNSS Section 521 and the Criminal Courts and Court-Martial (Adjustment of Jurisdiction) Rules, 1978.
Read MoreA 2026 guide to Army Act Section 45 on conduct unbecoming an officer, JCO or warrant officer, including adultery after Joseph Shine, charge particulars, evidence, punishment, court-martial safeguards and administrative removal under Army Rule 14.
Read MoreA 2026 practitioner guide to Army Act Section 63, including its residual nature, charge particulars, proof of prejudice to good order and military discipline, overlap with other Army Act offences, punishment and AFT appellate remedies.
Read MoreA 2026 practitioner guide to the difference between desertion and absence without leave under Army Act Sections 38, 39 and 106, including intention, constructive desertion, deemed desertion, prolonged absence, dismissal and AFT remedies.
Read More2026 guide to AFT powers to reduce or alter court-martial punishment under Section 15(6): remission, mitigation, commutation, substituted findings, proportionality and current Supreme Court law.
Read More2026 guide to defence witnesses in Army court-martial: Rules 134–138, summoning and procurement, essential witnesses, commissions, adjournment, relevance and the current AFT position in Col Suraj Shumsher Singh.
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