Supreme Court on Monday agreed to look into issues of rank, pay and pension of retired Lt Gen Ravi Dastane’s Plea The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to look into issues of rank, pay and pension of retired Lt Gen Ravi Dastane, who before his retirement had challenged the government’s decision to appoint Dalbir Singh Suhag as the Army chief. “Other issues of pay, pension and monetary benefit have to be looked into,” a Bench comprising Justice T S Thakur, Justice A K Goel and Justice R Banumathi said while posting the matter for hearing in normal course. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi informed the Bench that Lt Gen Ravi Dastane, who had challenged the appointment of the then Lt Gen Suhag as the next army chief, has retired on September 30, so, no claim of his is left to be looked into. However, Dastane’s counsel R K Anand said there are other issues which have to be addressed. Lt Gen Suhag took over as the Army Chief on August 1. The apex court on July 7 had refused to stay Suhag’s appointment.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:22:08 +0000