Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 485 · Decided 16 September 2021
Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur v. Akashdeep Morya & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 485 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5733/2021
- Decided
- 16 September 2021
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 324, 34, 148, 149, 323, 341, 504; Constitution
Headnote
Service Law - Judicial Service - Involvement in criminal case - Appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) - Respondent was found not deserving to be appointed for the said post in view of his antecedents - Held: Post of a judicial officer at hierarchy involves applying the most exacting standards - In the absence of an honourable acquittal, the alleged involvement of an officer in criminal cases may undermine public faith in the system - In the present case, in two cases, the respondent was charge-sheeted for offences
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