New Delhi, Feb 25: The Apex Court of India has upheld the government's decision to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial in the 2005 Navy War room leak case.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra refused to intervene with the 2013 order of Armed Forces Tribunal rejecting the contention of senior naval officers, Commanders Vijendra Rana and V K Jha, that the department have discharged them without a giving a show cause notice and an opportunity to being heard.
The bench found no merit in their petition and upheld the government's decision regarding their dismissal from the armed forces. Rana and Jha were removed from service in October 2005 after a board of inquiry held that they were involved in providing sensitive information regarding defence forces to outside agencies.
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