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Supreme Court of India 2018-08-28 allowed

Rukhsana Shaheen Khan vs Union of India & Ors

Bench: 2 — Kurian

In Brief

This case involved an appeal by a government employee challenging a promotion decision where adverse Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) that were never communicated to her were used against her. The Supreme Court held that uncommunicated adverse ACRs cannot legally be relied upon in promotion decisions. The Court set aside the decision and ordered the competent authority to reconsider the promotion without relying on the uncommunicated reports, while affording the employee a fair hearing within two months.

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