Supreme Court denies judicial post to man for 'suppressing' criminal past
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a person lacking moral uprightness and truthfulness has "no right to become a judge," as it affirmed the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision to reject the candidature of a man for the state judicial services over suppression of his criminal past.
"Do you have the moral fabric to become a judge? Look at your conduct. You do not even have the sense of truthfulness to come clear before us and admit that you were prosecuted in two cases," a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told the counsel for Mukesh Kumar Chaudhri, affirming the high court's May judgment.P8...
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