'You Can't Be Drunk On Border Security Force Duty' : Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of BSF Officer

The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to entertain a plea filed by an erstwhile Border Security Force personnel who was dismissed from service, inter alia, on charge of being intoxicated while on duty. Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose made it abundantly clear that given the conduct of the officer, it would not interfere with the order passed by the Summary Security Force Court to dismiss him from service, which was affirmed by the Director General Border Security Force, Single Judge and Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court. Justice Chandrachud reckoned - "Obviously, it would be harsh, you cannot be drunk on duty being Border Security Force. Condemning the appeal as utterly baseless and a complete waste of time by a recalcitrant erstwhile Border Security Force employee, the Division Bench dismissed it.