Army today launched a full fledged Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) at a Military Station in Jammu, winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. <br/><br/>Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, inaugurated the full fledged Bench of the AFT at the Sunjuwan Military Station. The ceremony was presided over by Justice B P Katakey, Officiating Chairperson, AFT, New Delhi.<br/><br/>According to Defence sources, the Government of India in the second phase has sanctioned two Regional Benches,one at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and the Srinagar Bench at Jammu. The establishment of the full fledged Regional Bench has mitigated the problem relating to long journey to Chandigarh faced by the Armed Forces Personnel and their families.<br/><br/>Besides the Principal Bench in New Delhi, AFT has Regional Benches at Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai and Jaipur.