{"id":34072,"date":"2014-07-07T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34072"},"modified":"2014-07-07T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T11:57:28","slug":"sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\/appointment-of-lieutenant-general-dalbir-singh-suhag\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"209,241\" 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=\"appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?resize=209%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag\" width=\"209\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?w=209&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?resize=130%2C150&amp;ssl=1 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief who is to take over the charge from August 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no reason why should we stay,&#8221; a bench headed by Justice T S Thakur said.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court said there is no urgency to stay the appointment of Lt Gen Suhag as pleaded by Lt Gen Ravi Dastane.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre also justified the appointment, saying there is nothing in the allegations levelled by Lt Gen Dastane and Lt Gen Suhag fulfills all the criteria for the post. He was the seniormost in the seniority list, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said that the ban imposed on Lt Gen Suhag in 2012 was lifted and he was discharged from all charges.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a plea filed by Lt Gen Dastane alleging favouritism in the selection of Lt Gen Suhag as the next Army chief.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Centre had submitted that the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Lt Gen Suhag by then Army chief Gen V K Singh between April and May 2012 were &#8220;premeditated&#8221;, &#8220;vague&#8221; and &#8220;illegal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Singh, who is a now minister of state in the NDA government, had placed Lt Gen Suhag under a disciplinary and vigilance (DV) ban.<\/p>\n<p>The ban was imposed for alleged &#8220;failure of command and control&#8221; in an operation carried out by an intelligence unit working directly under him when he was Dimapur-based 3 Corps commander.<\/p>\n<p>In its last days in office, the UPA-II government had named Lt Gen Suhag as the Army chief to succeed incumbent Gen Bikram Singh when he retires on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry of defence, in an affidavit filed earlier in the apex court registry, had said, &#8220;The alleged lapses observed by the then COAS, as reflected in show cause notice, were premeditated and issued in utter disregard to the legal provisions governing the court of inquiry, principles of natural justice&#8230;.the lapses were vague, based on presumptions and legally and factually not maintainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief who is to take over the charge from August 1. &#8220;There is no reason why should we stay,&#8221; a bench headed by Justice T S Thakur said. The apex court said there is no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1954,1],"tags":[29025,29024,29023],"class_list":["post-34072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-profile-cases","category-top-law-news","tag-appointment-of-lieutenant-general-dalbir-singh-suhag","tag-stay-appointment-of-suhag-as-next-army-chief","tag-suhag-as-next-army-chief"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"209\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"241\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag\",\"stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\",\"Suhag as next Army chief\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High Profile Cases\",\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\",\"name\":\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1\",\"width\":209,\"height\":241},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High Profile Cases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/high-profile-cases\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":209,"height":241,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief","datePublished":"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1","keywords":["appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag","stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief","Suhag as next Army chief"],"articleSection":["High Profile Cases","Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief","name":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1","datePublished":"2014-07-07T11:57:28+00:00","description":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1","width":209,"height":241},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-suhag-next-army-chief#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High Profile Cases","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SC refuses to stay appointment of Suhag as next Army chief"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/appointment-of-Lieutenant-General-Dalbir-Singh-Suhag.png?fit=209%2C241&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34087,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-stay-appointment-next-army-chief","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":0},"title":"SC refuses to stay appointment of next Army Chief","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of Lt Gen Ravi Dastane's petition challenging promotion of Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as commander of Eastern Command would not hinder Lt Gen Suhag from becoming the next Army chief. Lt Gen Dastane had sought a stay on the UPA government's decision,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"army chief","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/army-chief.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":35541,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-hear-lt-gen-dastanes-plea-pension","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":1},"title":"SC to hear Lt.Gen. Dastane&#8217;s plea on pension","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Monday said that it would look into the plea of Lt.Gen. Ravi Dastane (retd.), who had challenged the appointment of present army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag as eastern command chief before his elevation, but only as far as monetary benefits were concerned. A bench of Justice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lt.Gen. Ravi Dastane","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Lt.Gen_.-Ravi-Dastane.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33676,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/grounds-imposing-ban-lt-gen-suhag-premeditated-centre-sc","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":2},"title":"Grounds for imposing ban on Lt Gen Suhag was &#8216;premeditated&#8217;: Centre to SC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Army Vice Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag by then Army Chief V K Singh between April and May 2012 were \"premeditated\", \"vague\" and \"illegal\". Gen Singh, who is a now\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"aa","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/aa1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19802,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-dismisses-plea-against-lt-gen-bikram-singh","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court dismisses plea against Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next chief of army staff. Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh will succeed General V.K. Singh as the army chief when the latter demits office on May 31, 2012. The apex court bench of Justice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18656,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tejinder-singh-files-defamation-case-against-army","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":4},"title":"Tejinder Singh files defamation case against army","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Retired Lt General Tejinder Singh has filed a defamation suit against the Army for alleging in a press release that he offered a bribe to Army chief VK Singh. Defence minister AK Antony too had told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the man accused by General VK Singh was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Retired-Lt-General-Tejinder-Singh.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20146,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/suit-against-army-chief-shifted-to-another-judge","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":5},"title":"Suit against army chief shifted to another judge","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A Delhi court Monday transferred the defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh to another judge for hearing. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Amit Bansal transferred the case to Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Jay Thareja from MM Sudesh Kumar. The case file was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-8Ry","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}