Dear veterans,
Regards.Find below a case of gross high handedness
of GCM authority. Please ponder over it and give your
valued comments.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Mob.09554-09128,Tele-Fax 0175-5000896.
GCM arrests woman officer, kicks up a row :Vijay Mohan-
Tribune News Service.
Chandigarh, December 22.A woman army officer summoned
as a witness was reportedly placed under arrest by a general
court martial (GCM) for alleged verbal altercation with the
court during proceedings.
The officer was reportedly kept in “illegal confinement” in
the custody of an escort officer overnight. While the GCM
has been adjourned sine die following the incident, the
officer- a major with the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG)
Department - is understood to have made a written
complaint to the Army’s top brass and sought an
interview with the Army Chief.
The GCM was convened by the Eastern Command to try
a lieutenant colonel posted in a military hospital on
charges of indulging in private practice while in service
and misusing military infrastructure for the same.
According to sources, the woman officer was on leave
when she was summoned last week along with some case
files pertaining to the ongoing trial, presided over by
a colonel from the Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.
After the alleged verbal altercation took place, the GCM
adjourned and she was infirmed that she was being
placed under arrest for contempt of court and was told
to remove her cap and belt. She was released next
evening on orders by the General Officer Commanding,
Bengal Area.
JAG officers say that the act of placing the officer under
arrest was illegal because as per provisions of the Army
Act and Army Rules, the witness could not have been
placed under arrest for contempt of court. Perceived
contempt of court on the part of a witness who is
subjec to the Act has to be reported by the GCM to the
individual’s commanding officer or competent
authority for initiating requisite action.
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