RPF Rules: Supreme Court on Discharge for Suppressing Criminal Cases
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- Case Title: BAPPA BARAI VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
- Case No.: SLP (C) NO. 12389 OF 2022
- Coram: Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe
- Court Observation
Case Title: BAPPA BARAI VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
Case No.: SLP (C) NO. 12389 OF 2022
Coram: Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe
Court Observation
“The mandate of law is that a candidate who intends to participate in the selection process must provide complete information, which includes subsistence of any criminal case against him/her. The rules that govern the field make it clear that if the disclosure is not made, the candidate is liable to be discharged from service at any point of time.”
“The facts of the present case fall under the instance referred in para 38.7 of the judgment in Avtar Singh (supra), as the appellants have chosen not to indicate pendency of the criminal cases in the verification form.”
“In a case of deliberate suppression of fact with respect to multiple pending cases such false information by itself will assume significance and an employer may pass appropriate order cancelling candidature or terminating services as appointment of a person against whom multiple criminal cases were pending may not be proper.”
“The Single Judge as well as the Division Bench have recorded a finding that there is no averment in the pleadings about the ignorance of the appellants qua such pendency. Under these circumstances, we are of the opinion that the Single Judge as well as the Division Bench have not committed any error in dismissing the Writ Petitions.”
RPF Rules: Supreme Court on Discharge for Suppressing Criminal Cases
