Detailed guide to Air Force Rules 158–166 covering Army/Navy command over Air Force personnel, superior-officer status, Section 20(3) dismissal authority, remission of deductions, POW/missing-person dependants and provost-marshal appointments.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 154–157 explained: Court of Inquiry procedure, Rule 156(2) rights, illegal absence inquiries, cross-examination, copies, evidentiary use and collective fines.
Read MoreAir Force Rules 144–153 explained: committal warrants, cashiering and dismissal, death-sentence safeguards, petitions, death warrants, pardon or commutation, field punishment and detention under the Air Force Act, 1950.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Air Force Rules 130–143 governing Summary General Court-Martial in the Indian Air Force: convening, composition, charges, challenges, arraignment, jurisdiction, evidence, defence, findings, sentence, adjournment and Rule 142 application.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Air Force Rules 123–129 covering unsoundness of mind, preservation and copies of court-martial proceedings, security-based withholding, lost records, curable procedural irregularities and witness offences.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Air Force Rules 102–122 covering defending officer, friend of accused, counsel, Judge Advocate independence, witness attendance, essential witnesses, cross-examination, recall and written addresses.
Read MoreDetailed 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.
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