{"id":47128,"date":"2017-02-25T03:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47128"},"modified":"2017-02-25T03:04:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:34:59","slug":"navy-war-room-leak-case-sc-upholds-sacking-naval-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/navy-war-room-leak-case-sc-upholds-sacking-naval-officers","title":{"rendered":"Navy war room leak case: SC upholds sacking of naval officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45452\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/haji-ali-dargah-grant-access-women-sc-told\/hazi-ali\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hazi-ali\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Navy war room leak case: SC upholds sacking of naval officers\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/hazi-ali.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Navy war room leak case: SC upholds sacking of naval officers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court has upheld the government&#8217;s decision to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial in the 2005 Navy war room leak case.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra refused to intervene with the 2013 order of Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) rejecting the contention of senior naval officers, Commanders Vijendra Rana and V K Jha, that the department could not have discharged them without a show-cause notice and an opportunity to present their case.<\/p>\n<p>The bench found no merit in their petition and upheld the government&#8217;s decision regarding their dismissal from the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not find it a fit case to intervene,&#8221; the bench, also comprising A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar, said.<\/p>\n<p>Rana and Jha were removed from service in October 2005 after a board of inquiry (BoI) held that they were involved in providing sensitive information regarding defence forces to outside agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The 2005 Navy War Room leak case involves leakage of over 7,000 pages of sensitive defence information from the Naval War Room and the Air Headquarters, having a direct bearing on national security.<\/p>\n<p>The leak of sensitive information came to light when an officer was found in possession of an unauthorised pen-drive containing secrets of defence forces.<\/p>\n<p>A BoI was convened and the sacking of the two officers was recommended. The government accepted the recommendation and dismissed them on October 26, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The officers challenged the decision before the AFT which too dismissed their plea on June 30, 2010. They then approached the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>The government counsel argued before the apex court that the two officers used to provide sensitive information to unauthorised agencies and endangered the country&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<p>Rana, Jha, former naval officer Kulbhushan Prashar, former IAF Wing Commander Sambha Jee L Surve and alleged arms dealer and Delhi-based businessman Abhishek Verma are facing trial in a special CBI court in Delhi the case for the offence of criminal conspiracy under IPC and under various provisions of Official Secrets Act.<\/p>\n<p>While the accused are out on bail, prime accused Ravi Shankaran is still absconding and has been declared a proclaimed offender by the court.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has upheld the government&#8217;s decision to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial in the 2005 Navy war room leak case. 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