Mere Incarceration in Criminal Case Without Conviction Cannot Be Ground to Remove CISF Personnel from Service: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently delivered a significant judgment in the case involving a CISF Head Constable who had challenged his termination from service after being accused in a criminal case. The division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Rajeev Bharti upheld the order of the Single Judge, which had quashed the termination order. The Court clarified that disciplinary proceedings cannot be initiated merely on the grounds of a…