Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 629 · Decided 9 May 2008
Union of India and ORS. v. Bipad Bhanjan Gayen
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 629 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3470/2008
- Decided
- 9 May 2008
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 417
Headnote
Service Law: A B Termination - For withholding information in attestation form - Selection as constable pending verification - Candi- C date required to disclose in verification if he had been involved in criminal case - Candidate still under probation - Non-dis­ closure of criminal cases that he w~s involved in criminal cases - Correct­ ness of - Held: He was rightly terminated as he withheld rel- D evant information - In such situation, question of any stigma or reading of principles of natural justice would not arise - Mere fact that he was discharged in the criminal
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