The Delhi High Court has set aside the dismissal of a Border Security Force (BSF) constable, ruling that the failure to produce and examine available CCTV footage during the General Security Force Court (GSFC) proceedings amounted to a denial of a fair trial.

In a judgment pronounced on December 4, 2025, a Division Bench comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla allowed the writ petition filed by Shantanu Saha, quashing the orders of the GSFC and the appellate authorities. The Court directed the reinstatement of the petitioner with all consequential benefits, excluding back wages for the intervening period.

The core legal issue before the Court was whether the conviction and sentence imposed by the GSFC, without examining the primary evidence of CCTV footage de

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