CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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Court of Inquiry on Accidental Death or Injury
41. If the medical officer certifies that the injury is of a trivial nature, no C of I need to be
held.
42. A C of I will be held in the following circumstances :-
(a) If the injury is fatal or certified by a medical officer to be of a serious or severe
nature. Where an inquest or police inquiry is held, copy of the report will be attached to
the C of I proceedings.
(b)
injury.
(c)
(d)
If in the opinion of the Commanding Officer, doubt exists as to the cause of
If, for any reason, it is desirable to thoroughly investigate the cause of the injury.
If, the injury was caused through the fault of some other person.
43. C of I held in case of suicide will record their opinion with reason in support, as to the
motive and also where possible the mental conditions of the deceased prior to his death. CTC of
translations of all papers relevant to the case, such as private correspondence of deceased, will
be attached to the proceedings. In all other cases of accidental death or injury, the opinion of the
Court is not essential.
44. In respect of Army personnel the Commanding Officer of the injured person will express
his opinion on the C of I proceedings and submit the same to DGBR through TF/CE, who will
also endorse their opinion thereon. The proceedings will be finalised by DGBR by endorsing his
decision thereon. C of I proceedings in respect of GREF Officers and Personnel will be finalised
by CE concerned.
45. Similarly in C of I proceedings in respect of injuries sustained by Army Officers, the
opinion of the Medical Officer as to the effect of the injury on the injured officer‟s service will
be expressed after the endorsement by DGBR.
Missing Personnel
46. During operation, a proportion of personnel will inevitably be reported missing and some
time must necessarily elapse before information is available as to their fate. It is the duty of any
person who comes into possession of information regarding missing officer and men to bring
this to appropriate authorities without delay. It is also likely that officers and men who are
separated from their units might subsequently be able to join another unit. It will be the
responsibility of the later unit to immediately intimate Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) in respect
of Army personnel and DGBR, CE and Record Office and the parent unit in respect of GREF
Personnel by OP IMMEDIATE signal/ Fax giving full regimental particulars of the individual
concerned. Subsequent information regarding missing personnel i.e. who are killed or confirmed
prisoners or have returned, will be reflected in the battle casualty report.
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