New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- The Supreme Court has underscored that service discipline in armed and paramilitary forces must prevail over personal considerations, holding that acts in a staffer's private life that risk domestic discord or divided responsibilities can undermine operational efficiency and mental stability. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M Pancholi held that courts must give primacy to the interests of service discipline while adjudicating challenges to punishments imposed on members of uniformed forces, and should not lightly interfere with disciplinary decisions unless they shock the conscience or suffer from procedural illegality. "It is generally understood that acts, whether in personal or professional life, if they ...