A General Court Martial has dropped all proceedings against Colonel Hunny Bakshi, the former commanding officer of the disbanded Technical Services Division (TSD), after accepting a plea to the jurisdiction — the challenge to the court's authority for lack of jurisdiction. A covert operations unit, the TSD was formed by General V K Singh when he was Army chief and disbanded after his retirement.
The GCM, being presided upon by a Brigadier, came to a decision shortly after midnight Thursday in Ambala. Col Bakshi's plea to the jurisdiction was accepted. He had cited legal infirmities in the Court of Inquiry against him and said he had not been provided documents…