Mere Truthful Declaration of Criminal Cases cannot compel an Employer to Appoint a Candidate: SC

Union of India And Others Vs Methu Meda (Supreme Court of India) Law is well ­settled. 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, it would not automatically entitle him for the employment, that too in disciplined force. The employer is having a right to consider his candidature in terms of the circulars issued by the Screening Committee. The mere disclosure of the offences alleged and the result of the trial is not sufficient. In the said situation, the employer cannot be compelled ...