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CISF constable caught scaling port wall: Why court refused to reinstate him despite acquittal in criminal case

The Indian Express·Jagriti Rai·3 days ago
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The Calcutta High Court was dealing with a plea of CISF constable challenging his dismissal after acquittal in criminal case. (AI-generated Image) Calcutta High Court CISF news: The Calcutta High Court has set aside the plea of a former constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), accused of unauthoritatively scaling the boundary wall of the port area and carrying silk bundles, ruling that a criminal acquittal based on the benefit of doubt does not automatically mandate the reversal of a dismissal order resulting from departmental proceedings. A bench of Justices Madhuresh Prasad and Prasenjit Biswas was dealing with a plea of a former CISF constable challenging his termination on two grounds: the enquiry was conducted in English rather than his mother tongue, and that his acquittal in a parallel criminal trial should have resulted in his reinstatement.…

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