"The plea that past service record of the petitioners is spotless is neither here nor there. The adequacy or inadequacy of penalty is within the jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Authority and unless manifestly disproportionate cannot be interfered by a Court," a bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait said.

The court upheld the order of BSF''s Disciplinary Authority dismissing constables Tanveer Ahmed Khan and Ajay Kumar from the force saying their act was in gross violation of service rules.
It rejected the plea of the constables that they be reinstated as it was their first alleged offence.