Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Others v. Methu Meda
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, it is clear the respondent who wishes to join the police force must be a person of utmost rectitude and have impeccable character and integrity.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Service Law – Appointment – Acquittal from criminal case – Nature of – Effect of – Respondent applied for the post of Constable in Central Industrial Security Force – Provisionally selected – Found not eligible for appointment on account of a crimin al case of kidnapping for ransom against him, though acquitted – Held: If a person is acquitted giving him the benefit of doubt, from the charge of an offence involving moral turpitude or because the witnesses turned hostile, like in the present case, it would not automatically entitle him for the employment, that too in disciplined force – Mere
Authorities it was built on
- 2016 Avtar Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2012 The Deputy Inspector General of Police & Anr. v. S. Samuthiram
- 2018 Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration and Ors. v. Pradeep Kumar and Another
- 2013 Commissioner of Police, New Delhi & Anr. v. Mehar Singh
- 2018 State of Madhya Pradesh and Others v. Abhijit Singh Pawar
- 1993 The Management of Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi v. Shri Bhopal Singh Panchal
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