The High Court of Chhattisgarh, in a significant ruling, has held that a person cannot suffer disqualification for an offence committed as a “Child in Conflict with Law” (CCL) due to the protections under Section 24(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru allowed a writ appeal and quashed the termination of a Food Inspector who was dismissed from service for failing to disclose criminal cases that were registered against him when he was a minor.

The Court held that the non-disclosure of such “stale and settled matters,” which concluded long before his appointment, does not amount to suppression of material facts warranting termination.

Background of the Case

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