Appointment not to be cancelled for Non-Disclosure of Petty Conviction: Karnataka High Court – Business Manager

Appointment not to be cancelled for Non-Disclosure of Petty Conviction: Karnataka High Court – Business Manager

Karnataka HC  the case of  Chief Administrative Officer &Anr. vs. MallappaBasappa Sajjan (W.A. No. 860/2025 (S-RES)), upheld the reinstatement of an employee whose appointment had been cancelled for allegedly not disclosing a prior conviction for a petty offence. The Court observed that there was no clear evidence of intentional suppression of the conviction during background verification, and the cancellation order did not specifically cite con…