Can’t deny employee security clearance based on kin’s antecedents: J&K high court

The committee said CID’s denial of security clearance was not based on any adverse material concerning his conduct, integrity, character or antecedents but stemmed exclusively from ‘the alleged antecedents of his brother and the perceived possibility of a security risk arising therefrom’SRINAGAR: A Jammu and Kashmir high court (HC) panel Tuesday rejected a CID report against an HC staffer, observing that an employee cannot be denied security clearance solely because of his brother’s alleged antecedents.