Criminal Antecedents Of Candidate Cannot Be Said To Be 'Clear' When Acquittal Is By Granting Benefit Of Doubt: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has observed that criminal antecedents of an employee or a candidate cannot be said to be clear when he was acquitted in a criminal case on the ground of benefit of doubt and not because the case against him was found to be false. Screening Committee held Bunty to be unfit for appointment as a constable in the police service of the State of Madhya Pradesh on the...