The court held that for an accused acquitted to join as a police constable, mere acquittal will not be sufficient. The court observed that being acquitted on the absence of any evidence is different from acquittal based on grounds of benefit of doubt. Thereby, in the case of an heinous offence, an acquittal based on the grounds of benefit of doubt would not make the respondent eligible for appointment as a police constable.
That the proof of ‘demand of bribe’ by a public servant and its acceptance by him is sine qua non for establishing the offence of bribe taking, coming under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act). Read more »
The Supreme Court has held that there cannot be a recovery of cess solely on the basis of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) without any statutory adjudication process. It is well settled that when a statute requires a thing to be done in a particular manner, it is to be done... Read more » Read more »
In High Court Bar Association, Allahabad v. State of U.P. & Ors., 2024 INSC 150, a Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court while overruling its own three-judge bench decision, unanimously held that automatic vacation of stay orders after a lapse of six months is against the basic tenets of justice, provides undue benefit to... Read more » Read more »
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