GEETA AHUJA Date 2020.01.09 163256 IST Reason The Armed Forces Tribunal AFT for short was companystituted under the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 hereinafter referred to as the Act , enacted with the purpose of companystituting an AFT to adjudicate disputes and companyplaints of personnel belonging to the Armed Forces.
It was held that since the Tribunal is a substitute of the High Court, the Tribunal companyld decide an appeal against the order of a single judge which was required to be transferred to the Tribunal.
Deepak Gupta, J. Leave granted.
One of the issues raised in this appeal is whether an appeal against an order of a single judge of a High Court deciding a case related to an Armed Forces personnel pending before the High Court is required to be transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by or should be heard by the High Court.
