NEW DELHI: Friday will be crucial in the ongoing stand-off between Army chief General V K Singh and the government over his age.
The Supreme Court is slated to hold preliminary hearing on his petition on Friday. The case is listed before Justices H L Gokhale and R M Lodha.
The court will decide whether to take on the petition for hearing. Gen Singh's lawyers will try to get an ex-parte stay on the government order that has said his date of birth is May 10, 1950. Gen Singh has claimed that the government order on his date of birth was "arbitrary and illegal".
The court case comes after Gen Singh's efforts to get the government to agree to his demand, that 1951 is his year of birth. In an unprecedented move, Gen Singh had filed a statutory complaint before defence minister A K Antony with his demand. Once that was rejected, the Army chief took yet another unprecedented step, that of moving the Supreme Court.
Gen Singh is slated to retire on May 31, 2012, according to the government.
The Supreme Court is slated to hold preliminary hearing on his petition on Friday. The case is listed before Justices H L Gokhale and R M Lodha.
The court will decide whether to take on the petition for hearing. Gen Singh's lawyers will try to get an ex-parte stay on the government order that has said his date of birth is May 10, 1950. Gen Singh has claimed that the government order on his date of birth was "arbitrary and illegal".
The court case comes after Gen Singh's efforts to get the government to agree to his demand, that 1951 is his year of birth. In an unprecedented move, Gen Singh had filed a statutory complaint before defence minister A K Antony with his demand. Once that was rejected, the Army chief took yet another unprecedented step, that of moving the Supreme Court.
Gen Singh is slated to retire on May 31, 2012, according to the government.
But if his contention is upheld, then Gen Singh could be in service until March 31, 2013.
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