Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Police v. Raj Kumar

Neutral citation
Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 4
Bench K. M. Joseph and S. Ra Vindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 25 August 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, this court hereby sets aside the common impugned judgment and the orders of the CAT, quashing the orders issued by the appellant, declining appointment to the respondent candidates.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Service Law – Recruitment – Public employment – Del hi Police – Post of constable – Standing Order No.398/ 2010 Policy for deciding cases of candidates provisionally sele cted in Delhi Police involved in criminal cases (facing trial or acquitted) – Selection authority / Screening Committee rejected ca ndidature of respondents candidates as they had faced criminal proce edings – CAT allowed the applications of respondents – Writ petitions – Direction of High Court that the respondents be con sidered for appointment – Held: Not justified – Reading of the applicable Standing Order made it clear

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