Union of India & Ors. v. Avinash Kumar & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
CFSL negative report; authorship not established by CFSL; termination and reinstatement of candidature; Union of India policy decision dated 17.04.2025; Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench common order dated 28.07.2025 allowing respondents' O.As.; Sanjeev Kumar precedent W.P.(C) 15248/2022 (judgment dated 18.07.2024; SLP dismissed 16.12.2024); writ petition dismissed; caveat CAV 6/2026 discharged; CM APPL. 1109/2026 exemption allowed; CM APPL. 1110/2020 stay application disposed. Relevant to service-law litigation concerning candidature termination on negative CFSL findings in the Sanjeev Kumar line of cases before the Delhi High Court.
What did the court decide?
The issue involved in the present writ petition is already covered against the Union of India by the Division Bench judgment dated 18.07.2024 of this Court in W.P.(C) 15248/2022 (Union of India & Ors. v. Sanjeev Kumar & Anr).