New Delhi: The Indian Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing in ongoing stand-off between Army Chief General VK Singh and the government over his age till February 10.
The apex has given more time to the government and army chief to resolve the matter out of the court.
Army Chief Gen V K Singh seems to have won the first round in the legal battle on the age row with the Supreme Court saying the manner in which his statutory complaint was rejected by the Government “appears to be vitiated“.
Posing questions to the Government, the bench of Justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale was of the view that the Defence Ministry’s order of July 21, 2011 holding the date of birth as May 10, 1950 was based on the opinion of Attorney General and so was the case when the December 30 order was passed on the statutory complaint.
After the court asked whether the Government would like to withdraw the December 30 order, Attorney general G E Vahanvati said he would seek instruction from the government on the issue.
The court said there were other remedies available for Gen. Singh if the government withdraws its December 30 order.
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