Refusing to interfere in the case, the division bench of Justices Sharad Bobde and Anoop Mohta said, "A person in the armed forces should know it's a tough life. It is for authorities to decide where the staff has to be posted." Petitioner Commander N K Tripathi had challenged his transfer from INS Trata in Mumbai to INS Zamorin in Ezhimala in Kerala in December 2007.