Lack Of Procedure In Determining My DOB, Gen V K Singh Tells SC
13 years, 2 months ago

Lack Of Procedure In Determining My DOB, Gen V K Singh Tells SC

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 19: Army Chief Gen V K Singh has told the Supreme Court that he was treated by the government in a manner which reflects total lack of procedure and principles of natural justice in deciding his age. In his 68-page petition challenging the government's decision on determining his date of birth as 10.5.1950 and not 1951, he has maintained that his acceptance of his year of birth as 1950 was given in good faith at the behest of the then chief of Army Staff and not due to agreement with the conclusion of the Military Secretary's Branch. “The respondent needs to explain as to why the senior most officer of the Army could be treated in a manner which reflects total lack of procedure and principles of natural justice and that too on an opinion obtained from the Attorney General,” his petition said. Gen Singh also wondered as to why the Ministry of Defence would doubt the records in the Adjutant General's branch, the official record-keeper of the Army, has not been explained.

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Govt Employee Cannot Alter Date Of Birth In Service Records After 5 Years Of Submitting Credentials: J&K High Court
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Govt Employee Cannot Alter Date Of Birth In Service Records After 5 Years Of Submitting Credentials: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the date of birth declared by a Government servant and thereafter recorded by the appropriate authority in the service book or any other record, shall not be subject to any alteration, except in the case of a clerical error, without the orders of the Government. The court also held that no …

Counsel Disagree On Whom The Onus Of Proof Rests, SC Says, 'We Can't Leave a Man In Limbo Without a Date Of Birth' In Abdullah Azam Khan's Case
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Counsel Disagree On Whom The Onus Of Proof Rests, SC Says, 'We Can't Leave a Man In Limbo Without a Date Of Birth' In Abdullah Azam Khan's Case

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Thursday continued to hear the challenge against a decision of the Allahabad High Court to disqualify Rampur MLA Mohd. First, in the birth register maintained by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation – "ostensible birth register", Boparai was quick to remind the Court – Abdullah Azam Khan was shown as a Hindu …

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Live Law  

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Age of controversy
13 years, 1 month ago

Age of controversy

The Hindu  

The apex court asks the government to explain why the Defence Ministry rejected the Army chief's statutory complaint on his date of birth. Singh's Indian Military Academy ID card, his passport, his annual medical reports and annual confidential reports have his date of birth as May 10, 1951. branch continued to give the date as May 10, 1950 in the …

Army To Issue Retirement Note To Gen V K Singh Next Week
13 years, 1 month ago

Army To Issue Retirement Note To Gen V K Singh Next Week

India TV News  

New Delhi, Feb 17: With an official communication to be sent to Army Chief Gen V K Singh next week about his tenure ending on May 31, the Defence Ministry will announce his successor soon. The Defence Ministry has shortlisted three seniormost officers—Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Bikram Singh, Army Vice Chief Lt Gen Shri Krishna Singh and Northern Army …

Unfortunate Controversy Over Gen Singh Age Over, Says Antony
13 years, 1 month ago

Unfortunate Controversy Over Gen Singh Age Over, Says Antony

India TV News  

New Delhi, Feb 13: Defence Minister A K Antony today said the “unfortunate controversy” over Army Chief General V K Singh's age had come to an end with the Supreme Court judgement and asked his colleagues to close the chapter. I request my colleagues to please close this chapter and lets all work together to strengthen national security. The Supreme …

General claims court victory
13 years, 1 month ago

General claims court victory

Hindustan Times  

Despite the Supreme Court disposing of as withdrawn his petition on the age row, army chief Gen VK Singh on Saturday claimed victory. HT Image Singh said the court had “upheld what he had been writing as his age based on May 10, 1951 as date of birth and at the same time stated that the age decided by the …

Gen Singh's Fate Was Crystal Clear From The Beginning
13 years, 1 month ago

Gen Singh's Fate Was Crystal Clear From The Beginning

India TV News  

New Delhi 10: Though the proceedings lasted for nearly three hours in the jam packed court No 8 of the Supreme Court, the writing on the wall for Army chief Gen V K Singh was virtually clear right at the very beginning. The bench persistently queried the counsel whether the UPSC corrected the date of birth of Singh on his …

Age Row Amicably Resolved, Says Gen Singh's Lawyer
13 years, 1 month ago

Age Row Amicably Resolved, Says Gen Singh's Lawyer

India TV News  

New Delhi, Feb 10: Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday disposed of the Army Chief Gen V K Singh's writ petition on the age row, his lawyer told mediapersons that the "matter has now been amicably resolved." Meanwhile, Defence Ministry today welcomed the Supreme Court order upholding its decision on Army Chief General V K Singh's date of birth, …

Crucial Hearing On Army Chief Age Row In SC On Friday
13 years, 1 month ago

Crucial Hearing On Army Chief Age Row In SC On Friday

India TV News  

New Delhi, Feb 9: The crucial hearing on age row of Army Chief General V K Singh will be taken up tomorrow in the Supreme Court where the Centre will spell out its stand whether it was withdrawing or not its order rejecting his statutory complaint. The apex court on February 3 had given an option to the government to …

AG Branch Yet To Comply With Defence Ministry Directive On Army Chief's Age Issue
13 years, 1 month ago

AG Branch Yet To Comply With Defence Ministry Directive On Army Chief's Age Issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 30: The Adjutant General's branch is yet to respond to Defence Ministry's letter asking it to correct Gen V K Singh's date of birth on its records as May 10, 1950 ahead of the Supreme Court hearing and and not a year later as contended by him. In its letter, the Defence Ministry had asked the AG …

Defence Ministry Asks AG Branch To Correct Gen Singh's Date of Birth
13 years, 1 month ago

Defence Ministry Asks AG Branch To Correct Gen Singh's Date of Birth

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 29: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the subject, the Defence Ministry has written to the Adjutant General's branch of the Army to correct its record to show the year of birth of Army chief Gen V K Singh as 1950 contrary to his stand that he was born one year later. The letter was issued …

Ahead of court hearing, Ministry toughens stand against Army Chief
13 years, 1 month ago

Ahead of court hearing, Ministry toughens stand against Army Chief

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Defence has ordered the Army's official record-keeper, the Adjutant-General, to correct the year of birth of the Chief of Army Staff, General V.K. Singh's petition this week, the Ministry has reiterated its July, 2011 order seeking to bring the record on a par with that of the Military Secretary that shows his date of birth as May …

Supreme Court To Hear Army Chief's Petition On Age Row On Feb 3
13 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court To Hear Army Chief's Petition On Age Row On Feb 3

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 26: The Supreme Court will hear on February 3 the petition filed by Army chief General V K Singh seeking a direction to the government to declare his date of birth as May 10, 1951 instead of May 10, 1950. Gen Singh's unprecedented action in dragging the government to the apex court followed the Defence Ministry's insistence …

Former Army Chief Backs Gen V K Singh In Age Row
13 years, 2 months ago

Former Army Chief Backs Gen V K Singh In Age Row

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 22: Former Army chief General Shankar Roychowdhury has come out in support of General V K Singh, who has dragged the government to the Supreme Court over his date of birth row, saying Singh was justified in doing so. The Army rests on the basis of honour and integrity.I don't think he will compromise on honour unless …

SC Dismisses PIL On Army Chief's Age Row
13 years, 2 months ago

SC Dismisses PIL On Army Chief's Age Row

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 20: The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the government to restore the Army Chief Gen V K Singh's date of birth as May 10, 1951 saying it was not maintainable in law. The bench was furious that the PIL filed by The Grenadiers Association annexed the opinions of former chief justices of …

Give-and-take solution likely
13 years, 2 months ago

Give-and-take solution likely

Hindustan Times  

The defence ministry has kept the door open for settling the age row with the army chief out of court. It is looking for a political nod to a solution that hinges on the government accepting Gen VK Singh’s demand that his date of birth be taken as May 10, 1951 but at the same time limiting his tenure to …

Army Chief Meets MoS Defence, PM Silent On Age Row
13 years, 2 months ago

Army Chief Meets MoS Defence, PM Silent On Age Row

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 19: Even as controversy continued to rage over Army Chief Gen V K Singh's date of birth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today steered clear of making any comment, contending that the matter was “sensitive”. In his 68-page petition, Gen Singh has challenged the government's “illegal and arbitrary” rejection of his Statutory Complaint to Defence Minister A K …

Swamy Calls For Honourable Compromise With Army Chief
13 years, 2 months ago

Swamy Calls For Honourable Compromise With Army Chief

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 18: Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today suggested to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the government should accept a honourable compromise with the Army Chief on the age issue to avoid a major loss of face. “I urge the Prime Minister to cut his government's losses by agreeing to the eminently reasonably compromise formula suggested by Army …

Army Chief Meets Def Secy; Govt Says Moving SC Unhealthy
13 years, 2 months ago

Army Chief Meets Def Secy; Govt Says Moving SC Unhealthy

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 18: Amid the face-off over the age issue, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today met Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma even as the government expressed unhappiness over the “unhealthy precedent” set by the head of the force by going to court. The meeting came against the backdrop of unhappiness in the government over the Army Chief approaching …

BJP Attacks Govt For Failure In Handling Army Chief Age Issue
13 years, 2 months ago

BJP Attacks Govt For Failure In Handling Army Chief Age Issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 17: BJP today attacked the government for its “failure” in handling the age matter of Army Chief Gen V K Singh, who has dragged the government to the Supreme Court on the issue. “The Government of India has displayed a serious failure of statecraft in the handling of the age related matter of the Army Chief,” said …

Army Chief Drags Govt To Supreme Court On Age Issue
13 years, 2 months ago

Army Chief Drags Govt To Supreme Court On Age Issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 16: Army Chief Gen V K Singh today took the unprecedented step of dragging the government to the Supreme Court before which he has challenged its decision over his date of birth that will mean that he retires in May next. Making it an issue of his “honour and integrity”, Gen Singh filed a writ petition in …

Age an issue of integrity and honour, says Army Chief
13 years, 2 months ago

Age an issue of integrity and honour, says Army Chief

The Hindu  

Asserting that the issue of determination of his year of birth was a matter of “integrity and honour,” the Chief of Army Staff, General V.K. “It has always been of integrity and honour… right from the time the issue came to the forefront, it has always been taken up in organisational interest…,'' the Army Chief emphasised two days after he …

Defence Ministry Terms Army's Contention 'Fallacious'
13 years, 6 months ago

Defence Ministry Terms Army's Contention 'Fallacious'

India TV News  

New Delhi, September 11: The Defence Ministry has told the Army headquarters that it was “completely fallacious” to contend that the anomaly in Gen V.K. “Both on facts and in substance, it could not be stated that there were no anomalies in the records and it was completely fallacious to state that there was “only one omission” in one branch,” …

Army Questions Defence Ministry's Decision To Reject Its Chief's DoB Plea
13 years, 6 months ago

Army Questions Defence Ministry's Decision To Reject Its Chief's DoB Plea

India TV News  

New Delhi, Sept 4: Gen V K Singh's battle over his age intensified on Sunday with the Army headquarters insisting that the date of birth mentioned in his matric certificate cannot be ignored while the defence ministry has rejected his contention. The ministry has declared as “null and void and non est” and “unauthorised and illegal” the change in the …

Army chief takes age row to minister
13 years, 6 months ago

Army chief takes age row to minister

Hindustan Times  

In an unprecedented development, Indian Army chief General VK Singh has filed a statutory complaint under the Army Act stating that the government order on his date of birth was unjust and has requested defence minister AK Antony to re-examine the issue purely on merits. Asking the defence minister to reconsider the decision, Singh has apparently said that preceding and …

Army Chief Plans To Fight Defence Ministry Ruling On His Age Issue
13 years, 7 months ago

Army Chief Plans To Fight Defence Ministry Ruling On His Age Issue

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 7: The row over the age of Indian Army chief, Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, is far from settled. The army headquarters is now preparing a case to seek judicial review of the defence ministry's verdict on the army chief's age on the ground that it was not legally tenable, reports Mail Today. While the adjutant general branch, …

Army Chief's Age Issue Settle, To Retire Next Year
13 years, 8 months ago

Army Chief's Age Issue Settle, To Retire Next Year

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jul 21 : Army Chief Gen V K Singh will have to retire in May next year, with the government today deciding to treat May 10,1950 as his date of birth, ending a controversy that has been plaguing the force for several months. In the service records, the Matriculation certificate shows May 10,1951 as his date of birth …

Attorney General Says, Army Chief's Plea On Birth Date Issue Cannot Be Countenanced – India TV
13 years, 8 months ago

Attorney General Says, Army Chief's Plea On Birth Date Issue Cannot Be Countenanced – India TV

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jun 25: Army Chief Gen V K Singh may have to retire in June next year as Attorney General G E Vahanvati is understood to have firmly said that his plea for treating his date of birth as May 10, 1951 cannot be countenanced. In a span of one month, the Defence Ministry had for the second time …

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