Kargil war hero Sonam Wangchuk dies; defence minister, Army pay rich tributesArmy veteran Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, a Maha Vir Chakra recipient for his bravery in the 1999 Kargil war, has passed away. Defence Minister ...
Indian Army clears Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit for Brigadier rank after AFT reliefLieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit has been cleared for promotion to Brigadier. This follows a stay on his retirement by the Armed ...
SC grants permanent commission to woman Army officer not part of original plea before AFTThe Supreme Court ruled in favor of a woman Army officer. The court granted her a permanent commission. The officer was previously denied t...
Armed Forces Tribunal dismisses Bimal Verma’s plea challenging appointment of navy chiefThe AFT also noted in its order that seniority is a primary consideration, but cannot be the ‘sole criterion’ for the selection of importan...
Military tribunal allows Karambir Singh to take charge as new Navy ChiefThe Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), however, has made Singh’s appointment subject to the outcome of Vice Admiral Bimal Verma’s petition.
Supreme Court quashes appointment of Army medical services chiefA vacation bench had took note of the appeal of the Ministry of Defence against the order of the tribunal restraining it to fill up the pos...
Process for filling vacancies at AFT's going on: Centre to Supreme CourtSolicitor General Ranjit Kumar said the representation received by the apex court contained the submission of lawyer and the situation was ...
SC stays AFT order demoting N K Mehta from Lt General to Brigadier rankEarlier, on May 13, the AFT had ordered that Lt Gen N K Mehta from the Army Ordnance Corps, who had been elevated to the rank of Lt General...
Seniority in promotions must, says TribunalAFT directs authorities to appoint seniormost officer, Lt Gen Manomoy Ganguly, to the post
Upholding seniority principle, tribunal quashes govt recommendations to appoint Lt General to top army medical postThe Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has directed the authorities to instead appoint the senior most among the eligible, another Lieutenant Gene...
AIADMK seeks panel to decide modalities of selling lands of AFT millAIADMK today urged Lt Governor to constitute a high level official team to decide the modalities to sell the lands belonging to public sect...
Kargil martyr's kin seeks justice from PM Narendra ModiKargil martyr’s father has written to the Prime Minister asking to seek remedy against an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) judgment in the High ...
Supreme Court asks Centre whether it approved Army's new promotion policyThe apex court had on March 25 stayed the March 2 decision of AFT to quash Army's promotion policy.
Supreme Court should hear Armed Forces Tribunal appeals, feels Ministry of DefenceThe defence ministry feels keeping high courts in the loop would delay decisions on key matters affecting personnel. It has appealed agains...
Armed Forces Tribunal benches to come up in Jabalpur, SrinagarThe Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the proposal, meeting a long-pending demand of armed forces for more AFT benches, official source...
DMK to hold demonstration on December 5 on AFT mills crisisDMK 's local unit convenor M A S Subramanian said different wings of the party would observe a one day fast on December 5 for AFT mill issu...
- India is 2nd largest recipient of WTO Aid-for-Trade: Report
India has remained the second largest recipient of WTO Aid-for-Trade in 2009, receiving assistance of over $ 1.5 billion from the trade bod...