<p>A division bench headed by Justice Geeta Mittal asked the army officer to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to challenge the proceedings against him.<br /><br />"Jurisdiction of this court is barred by Armed Forces Tribunal Act. In view of this, the petition is dismissed with liberty to petitioner to approach the tribunal," Justice Mittal said.<br /><br />Rath had approached the court after he was indicted along with former Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash in the over Rs 300-crore land scam case in Darjeeling.<br /><br />The Sukna scam involves the sale of 71-acres of land adjacent to Sukna military station in West Bengal for which the army had issued a no objection certificate to a private realtor.<br />Besides Prakash and Rath, the army probe had indicted Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali and Maj Gen P C Sen in the scam.</p>
<p>A division bench headed by Justice Geeta Mittal asked the army officer to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to challenge the proceedings against him.<br /><br />"Jurisdiction of this court is barred by Armed Forces Tribunal Act. In view of this, the petition is dismissed with liberty to petitioner to approach the tribunal," Justice Mittal said.<br /><br />Rath had approached the court after he was indicted along with former Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash in the over Rs 300-crore land scam case in Darjeeling.<br /><br />The Sukna scam involves the sale of 71-acres of land adjacent to Sukna military station in West Bengal for which the army had issued a no objection certificate to a private realtor.<br />Besides Prakash and Rath, the army probe had indicted Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali and Maj Gen P C Sen in the scam.</p>