SC threatens to jail senior Army officer for flouting court order

‘Forces Meant To Protect Nation, Not A Man’s Ego’

- Dhananjay Mahapatra

New Delhi: The SC came down heavily on the general officer commanding of Telangana-Andhra Sub-Area (Tasa) for deliberate violation of a trial court order giving possession of a land to a civilian and using the might of armed forces to raze the boundary wall on that land. Even before additional solicitor general S V Raju could open the case files, a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli said, “Armed forces are meant to protect the country and not the ego of an individual who thinks he has the might of armed forces.”