https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460831 Section 122(1)(b) of the Army Act, 1950 was applied to hold that the three-year limitation for commencing a court-martial runs from the date the offence first comes to the knowledge of the authority competent to initiate action, not from earlier incomplete inquiries or general departmental awareness. The earlier correspondence and preliminary inquiry did not identify the respondent as responsible, but the Staff Court of Inquiry led to disciplinary action being directed on 3 December 1994. As proceedings began on 17 December 1996, the General Court Martial was held to be within limitation, the High Court's quashing order was unsustainable, and the limitation objection failed. en-us Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460831 Section 122(1)(b) of the Army Act, 1950 was applied to hold that the three-year limitation for commencing a court-martial runs from the date the offence first comes to the knowledge of the authority competent to initiate action, not from earlier incomplete inquiries or general departmental awareness. The earlier correspondence and preliminary inquiry did not identify the respondent as responsible, but the Staff Court of Inquiry led to disciplinary action being directed on 3 December 1994. As proceedings began on 17 December 1996, the General Court Martial was held to be within limitation, the High Court's quashing order was unsustainable, and the limitation objection failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460831