LUCKNOW, May 22 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that the pendency of a criminal case in which the candidate is a declared juvenile and another case where a final closure report has been submitted cannot act as an absolute bar to public employment.

With this ruling, the court directed the regional director of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to issue a joining letter to a candidate selected for the post of multi-tasking staff (MTS).

The single-judge bench of Justice Shree Prakash Singh passed the judgment on May 21 on a petition filed by a candidate Shusheel Tripathi challenging withholding of his joining letter. Allowed the plea, the court observed that depriving a candidate of their livelihoo...