Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Police, New Delhi & Anr. v. Mehar Singh

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Reported as [2013] 13 S.C.R. 432

Bench G.S. Singhvi and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.

Decided 2 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the opinion formed by the Screening Committee in both these cases which is endorsed by the Deputy Commissioner of G Police (Recruitment), Delhi, that both the respondents are not suitable for being appointed in the Delhi Police Force. does not merit any interference.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Service Law - Appointment - Cancellation of candidature "-- Delhi Police - Standing Order issued by Delhi Police c incorporating policy for deciding cases of provisionally selected candidates involved in criminal cases (facing trial or acquitted) - Screening Committee constituted as per Standing Order -Opinion formed by Screening Committee and endorsed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Recruitment), Delhi, that both the respondents, who were subsequently acquitted /discharged in a criminal case, were not suitable for being appointed in the Delhi Police Force - Sustainability - Held:

Authorities it was built on

2012 The Deputy Inspector General of Police & Anr. v. S. Samuthiram cited by 11
1995 Chandigarh Administration and Anr v. Jagjit Singh and Anr. Etc. cited by 11
2010 Fuljit Kaur v. State of Punjab & Ors. cited by 7
2012 Jainendra Singh v. State of U.P. Tr. Prinl. Sec. Home & Ors. cited by 6
1996 Delhi Administration through its Chief Secretary and Ors. v. Sushil Kumar cited by 6
1993 The Management of Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi v. Shri Bhopal Singh Panchal cited by 5
2006 Suresh Pathrella v. Oriental Bank of Commerce cited by 5
2008 Maharaj Krishan Bhatt and Anr. v. State of J & K and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2026 The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Rajkumar Yadav relied on
2021 Union of India and Others v. Methu Meda relied on
2021 Commissioner of Police v. Raj Kumar relied on
2020 Anil Bhardwaj v. The Hon’ble High Court of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. relied on
2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Bunty relied on
2018 Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration and Ors. v. Pradeep Kumar and Another relied on
2023 Imtiyaz Ahmad Malla v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others referred to
2022 Satish Chandra Yadav v. Union of India & Ors referred to
2021 The State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Love Kush Meena referred to
2018 State of Madhya Pradesh and Others v. Abhijit Singh Pawar referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 4 referred to

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