https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126800 An administrative authority exercising quasi-judicial power must ordinarily record reasons to prevent arbitrariness and enable review, but the Army Act, 1950 and Army Rules, 1954 were read as excluding that duty for confirmation of court-martial findings and sentence and for disposal of a post-confirmation petition. The Court also construed Section 164 as not giving an enforceable right to a pre-confirmation challenge or to copies of proceedings before confirmation, though any representation actually received may be considered. On the evidence, the findings on the first and third charges were held to be supported and not perverse, so the court-martial conviction and dismissal were upheld. en-us Tue, 28 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 May 2025 11:52:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126800 An administrative authority exercising quasi-judicial power must ordinarily record reasons to prevent arbitrariness and enable review, but the Army Act, 1950 and Army Rules, 1954 were read as excluding that duty for confirmation of court-martial findings and sentence and for disposal of a post-confirmation petition. The Court also construed Section 164 as not giving an enforceable right to a pre-confirmation challenge or to copies of proceedings before confirmation, though any representation actually received may be considered. On the evidence, the findings on the first and third charges were held to be supported and not perverse, so the court-martial conviction and dismissal were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126800