‘Assault On A Superior Officer Should Attract Severe Penalty’: SC Upholds Dismissal Of BSF Constable [Read Order]

We are of the view that the high court was far too liberal in reducing the penalty of dismissal to that of stoppage of three increments, the bench said.The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a BSF constable from service for assaulting and injuring his superior officer, observing that assault on a superior officer should attract severe penalty.A bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice...