Armed Forces Tribunal asks military to be more lenient

The military has been asked by the Armed Forces Tribunal to take a more lenient view of extramarital affairs and not award punishment as harsh as dismissal from service in such cases.
The observations by the Kolkata bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal were made while adjudicating a case last month related to the cashiering of a young Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Flight Lieutenant Ishan Sharan, who was found guilty by a court of inquiry (CoI) of an extra-marital affair with the officer wife of a brother officer. Squadron Leader Anindita Dasgupta, committed suicide after the affair ended and the young flight lieutenant married another woman nearly four years ago.
The tribunal held that Sharan's dismissal was harsh, especially when the deceased seemed insistent on continuing with the relationship, and the circumstances that led to the tragedy were not taken into account. "We cannot allow the stigma of dismissal to continue to remain on record given the special circumstances of the case," the tribunal observed. P 7