U O I vs BALBIR SINGH — C.A. No. 4736/1996

Case under Section I-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010006371996

Filing Date

18-Mar-1996

Registration No

C.A. No. 4736/1996

Diary Number

637/1996

Order Date

05-May-1998

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 29-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Section I-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.U O I

    Adv. B. KRISHNA PRASAD

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.BALBIR SINGH

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 05-May-1998

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 18-Mar-1996

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 4736/1996

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Union of India v. Balbir Singh (1998) The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of Sub-Inspector Balbir Singh under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution without a departmental inquiry. Though Singh was later criminally acquitted in the assassination of PM Indira Gandhi, the Court held that the President's dismissal order was based on sufficient confidential intelligence material regarding his subversive activities affecting state security, examined by a high-level Committee of Advisors. The Court rejected the tribunal's substitution of judgment for the President's satisfaction, holding judicial review of such orders is limited to detecting mala fides or wholly irrelevant grounds. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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