Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Others v. Methu Meda

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Reported as [2021] 8 S.C.R. 657
Bench Indira Banerjee and J.K Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 6 October 2021

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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

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