Bombay HC quashes Mahavitaran decision rejecting candidate over criminal case

Mumbai, Nov 6 (UNI) The Bombay High Court's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar bench has set aside Mahavitaran's decision to cancel the candidature of a young man selected for the post of Vidyut Sahayak, observing that registration of a criminal case alone cannot justify denying employment. A division bench of Justices Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Abasaheb D. Shinde delivered the judgment on November 5, 2026, partly allowing a petition filed by Shaikh Shoaib Ahmed Rafiuddin Sheikh through advocate Sayyed Tauseef Yaseen. The petitioner had applied under the Economically Weaker Section category for the Vidyut Sahayak recruitment advertised by Mahavitaran, or Maharashtra State Electricity…