Avtar Singh vs Union Of India & Ors on 21 July, 2016
"10. ... In our opinion, no reasonable person on the basis
of the materials placed before us can come to the conclusion
that the antecedents and character of the appellant are such
that he is unfit to be appointed as a judicial officer. An
alleged single misadventure or misdemeanour of the present
nature, if it can be considered to be so, cannot be sufficient
to deny appointment to the appellant when he has on all
other aspects and parameters been found to be fit for
appointment. The Law is well settled in this regard in Avtar
Singh v. Union of India, (2016) 8 SCC 471. If empanelment
creates no right to appointment, equally there can be no
arbitrary denial of appointment after empanelment.