Srinagar, Nov 9: Despite his acquittal by Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Kashmir, a retired government employee, Muhammad Amin Shah continues to be in a legal tangle that started for him 40 years ago.

A division bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) comprising M S Latif (Member Judicial) and Prasant Kumar (Member Administrative) observed it “painful” as to how the employee has lived for 40 years litigating and suffering at the hands of the government even after having earned his acquittal.

“We express our displeasure as to how the petitioner must have been making both ends meet, particularly from the date of his superannuation,” the court said.

In a case having genesis in an FIR of 1982, the accused was exonerated by the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Kashmir

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