New Delhi, May 9 -- The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central government not to relieve a group of Army officers from service in a plea challenging the premature termination of a woman Army officer.

A bench led by Justice Surya Kant also remarked that during times of conflict, the morale of army officers needs to be kept high.

"This is not the time when we keep these people roaming around the Supreme Court and courtrooms. There's some better place for them. They need to be at a better place," Justice Surya Kant said, implying that at such a pressing hour, the country needs army officers on the battlefield.

The Court was hearing a plea in which a woman officer of the army, Lt. Col. Geeta Sharma, had allegedly been released from s...