In Brief
Balkrishna Ram, an armed forces officer, failed an aptitude test and was discharged from service. He challenged this in the High Court, and his special appeal to the High Court Division Bench was challenged as needing transfer to the Armed Forces Tribunal. The Supreme Court held that intra-court appeals within a High Court cannot be transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal—such appeals are internal High Court proceedings heard by multiple judges, fundamentally different from tribunal jurisdiction. On the merits, the Court found the officer's case had been considered for alternative positions but he failed to meet height criteria, confirming the validity of his discharge.
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