India, June 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the Delhi High Court can hear service termination cases of members of the Central Armed Police Forces, including the Border Security Force, even if the cause of action arose outside the national capital. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order while reviving a petition filed by a BSF constable who had challenged his dismissal without any pensionary benefits.

The constable was dismissed on the ground that he had entered into a second marriage during the subsistence of previous ones and without the permission of his first wife. A show-cause notice was issued to him at Narayanpur in West Bengal's Malda district, where he was posted. The constable ...