honourably" acquitted by the court, it be treated other
than "honourable", and proceedings may follow.
13. The expression "honourable acquittal ... doubt. The Court
said that nature of acquittal is necessary for core consideration. If acquittal
is not honourable, the candidates are not suitable for government
Departmental Appeal
stating that it was a case of honourable acquittal in the light of
observations of Apex Court in Ram Lal v. State ... Appeal inter alia on the ground that he has been
given honourable acquittal after a full-fledged trial of the criminal
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possibly be
said that the accused was honourably acquitted.
The expression "honourable acquittal" had also come up for
consideration in other cases namely ... service, the acquittal, it
was held, has to be honourable. The expressions
"honourable acquittal", "acquitted of blame",
"fully exonerated
concept of “honourably acquitted”, often
becomes hazy. This court on several occasions observed
that the expressions “honourable acquittal”, “acquittal of
blame”, “fully acquitted” are unknown ... explain the nicety of
the distinction between an honourable acquittal and the
acquittal other than honourable. In a given case, say a
person is charged
service, the
acquittal, it was held, has to be honourable. The
expressions "honourable acquittal", "acquitted of
blame", "fully exonerated ... that
even in the case of acquittal, departmental
proceedings may follow where the acquittal is
other than honourable. In State of Assam v.
Raghava Rajgopalachari
service, the acquittal, it
was held. has to be honourable. The expressions
"honourable acquittal", "acquitted of blame". "fully
exonerated ... acquittal, departmental
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proceedings may follow where the acquittal is other
than honourable. In State
after a full trial, it can be interpreted as
being an honourable acquittal. We quote from the said judgment as
below:
"24. The meaning ... that the mere
acquittal does not entitle an employee to
reinstatement in service, the acquittal, it was
held, has to be honourable. The expressions
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acquittal, it was held, has
to be honourable. As such, the expressions "honourable
acquittal", "acquitted of blame", "fully exonerated ... service, the acquittal, it was held, has to be
honourable. The expressions "honourable
acquittal", "acquitted of blame", "fully
exonerated
service, the acquittal, it was held, has to be honourable. The
expressions "honourable acquittal", "acquitted of blame",
"fully exonerated ... that even in the case of
acquittal, departmental proceedings may follow where the
acquittal is other than honourable. In State of Assam v. Raghava
Rajgopalachari
where such conviction has subsequently
been set aside by way of honourable acquittal, is fundamentally
inconsistent with settled principles of service jurisprudence. It is
submitted ... distinction between a mere acquittal on benefit of
doubt and an honourable acquittal, where the employee is found to be
completely innocent and falsely implicated
