Job Of CRPF Personnel Restored By Supreme Court After 38 Long Years

Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh led a two-judge bench that ruled in favour of paramilitary force personnel who reached retirement age in 2010. The Centre, on the other hand, had turned down the Court's offer that the government pay him a lump payment to end the case because he could no longer join the force. The Court awarded him relief because the government failed to file a case record and demonstrate that the relevant authority followed proper legal procedures before terminating his employment.

Balwant Singh, the aggrieved paramilitary, said that he was not provided a copy of the report against him or an opportunity to defend himself. He also claimed that the dismissal order was made without regard for natural justice. As a result, the Supreme Court ordered the Centre to keep a record of the events that transpired and led to the personnel's dismissal; however, the Centre stated that it was unable to furnish the requisite documents and that retrieving the records was impossible because they had been 'weeded out.'

As a result, the Court chastised the Centre for not taking a reasonable approach to remuneration in such circumstances, despite the fact that restoring a job would have greater financial consequences.