2026 INSC 196 REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NOS.3419-3421/2026
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. PETITIONERS
VERSUS
SRIKANTA GORAIN & ORS. RESPONDENTS
O R D E R
1. Union of India and the Deputy Inspector General, Central Industrial
Security Force1, Bhilai are aggrieved by the common judgment and order dated
14th October, 2025 passed by the Delhi High Court, whereby the writ petitions of
the respondents 1, 2 and 3, presented before it, have been allowed. Such
petitions had challenged orders passed by the competent authority of the CISF
holding the respondents 1, 2 and 3 ineligible for service under the CISF on the
ground that their exoneration from criminal charge(s) based on acquittals
recorded by the trial courts were not honourable. Upon the orders under
challenge being set aside, the petitioners were ordered to appoint the
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respondents 1, 2 and 3 in service as well as grant other benefits as indicated.
2. We have heard Mr. S.D. Sanjay, learned Additional Solicitor General for the
petitioners.
3. In all the three cases under consideration, the respective complainants
had accused the respondents 1, 2 and 3 of having committed offences, inter
alia, against women which, if proved, could amount to moral turpitude. No
doubt, in the judgment of the trial...