Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh and Others v. Abhijit Singh Pawar

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud JJ.

Decided 26 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we summarise our conclusion thus: 38.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Service law: Appointment – Antecedents and suitability of the candidate – Consideration of – On facts, the respondent participated in the selection process for posts of subedars, platoon commanders and inspectors of police – Disclosure made in an affidavit that a criminal case is pending against him – Within four days compromise entered into between the parties and application for compounding of the offences allowed – Thereafter, the respondent was selected in the written examination, however, after considering his character verification report, his candidature was rejected – Writ petition…

Authorities it was built on

2016 Avtar Singh v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 23
2018 Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration and Ors. v. Pradeep Kumar and Another cited by 10
2013 Commissioner of Police, New Delhi & Anr. v. Mehar Singh cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2022 State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Chetan Jeff relied on
2023 The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others v. Bhupendra Yadav referred to
2021 Union of India and Others v. Methu Meda referred to
2021 Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and Another v. Anil Kanwariya referred to
2021 Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur v. Akashdeep Morya & Anr. referred to
2021 The State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Love Kush Meena referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 5 referred to

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