Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 556 · Decided 11 May 2022
State of Rajasthan & ORS. v. Chetan Jeff
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 556 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 692
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3116/2022
- Decided
- 11 May 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law - Appointment - Post of Constable - Suppression of material fact by the candidate in respect of his criminal antecedents and making false statement in the job application form - Rejection of his candidature - Writ petition by the candidate - Single offences for which the candidate was charged with of trivial in nature and their suppression should have been ignored thus, the State directed to consider him for the post - Upheld by the Division Bench - On appeal, held: It is the duty of the constable is to maintain law and order
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