{"id":16287,"date":"2012-01-16T22:31:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2012-01-16T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:01:13","slug":"age-row-army-chief-vk-singh-takes-govt-to-court-cong-downplays-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/age-row-army-chief-vk-singh-takes-govt-to-court-cong-downplays-move","title":{"rendered":"Age row: Army chief VK Singh takes govt to court, Cong downplays move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an unprecedented move, <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/age-row-army-chief-vk-singh-takes-govt-to-court-cong-downplays-move\/army-chief-gen-v-k-singh\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?fit=199%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"199,254\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Army Chief Gen V K Singh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?fit=117%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?fit=195%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16288\" title=\"Army Chief Gen V K Singh\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?resize=199%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?w=199&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?resize=117%2C150&amp;ssl=1 117w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/Army-Chief-Gen-V-K-Singh.jpg?resize=195%2C250&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>today moved the Supreme Court against the government&#8217;s rejection of his claim on his date of birth.<\/p>\n<p>In writ petition, he is believed to have questioned the government&#8217;s decision to treat his date of birth as May 10,1950 instead of May 10,1951 as claimed by him on the basis of his matriculation certificate and other documents.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time that any Service chief has dragged the government to the court of law.<\/p>\n<p>The petition has been filed and senior advocate U U Lalit will represent Gen Singh before the Supreme\u00a0court.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, at a press conference on Friday last, the Army Chief had kept his options open on the issue without disclosing the strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was contemplating resignation, he had said, &#8220;Please leave it to my judgement what do I want to do. It is an issue that concerns me. Let me decide on some action after I get time to think about myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Queried if he was not ruling out resignation, he said &#8220;let me find time time to think about myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gen Singh, who took over as the Army Chief on March 31, 2010, has been maintaining that the issue related to his &#8220;integrity and honour&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He had said that he tackled the issue in &#8220;organisational interest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A para-commando and veteran of 1971 Indo-Pak war succeeded Gen Deepak Kapoor.<\/p>\n<p>Antony, while rejecting Gen Singh&#8217;s statutory representation, had sent a letter to him expressing full confidence in his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Home Minister P Chidambaram, a member of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, last week told a press conference that the age issue of Gen Singh had been dealt with &#8220;fairly and justly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hold the Army Chief in great respect. He is a fine soldier. 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In his writ petition, Gen Singh is believed to have questioned the government&#8217;s decision to treat his date of birth as May 10,1950 instead of May 10,1951 as claimed by him on the basis of his matriculation certificate and other documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unprecedented move, today moved the Supreme Court against the government&#8217;s rejection of his claim on his date of birth. 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