Overview
- The Army’s decision on Friday clears him for Brigadier and pushes his retirement to March 31, 2028 because that rank retires at 56, not 54.
- The Armed Forces Tribunal on March 16 kept his March 31, 2026 retirement on hold while the Army decided his statutory complaint on promotion.
- A Special NIA Court in Mumbai acquitted him and six others on July 31, 2025, saying prosecutors failed to prove the Malegaon blast charges.
- The tribunal flagged flaws in the Army’s 2009 court of inquiry and ordered it reconvened from the point when witnesses were examined without him present.
- His career stalled during the case, with nine years in custody, a suspension that lasted until 2020, a vigilance ban that blocked boards, and a 2021 promotion result kept in a sealed cover.