Overview
- Maharashtra told the Bombay High Court that Fahim Ansari may take employment only where a police clearance or character certificate is not required.
- Prosecutors filed a list of roles that mandate police verification, including government and municipal posts, RTO badges and permits, jobs in schools and colleges, and security work, with private employers permitted to seek checks.
- The position effectively blocks him from securing the PSV badge required to drive an autorickshaw or taxi commercially, which he seeks to do.
- Police submitted a confidential report alleging links to Lashkar‑e‑Taiba, and the bench of Justices AS Gadkari and RR Bhonsale will hear the plea in chambers later this week.
- Ansari was acquitted in the 26/11 case with that verdict upheld by higher courts, he separately served a 10‑year term for the 2008 Rampur CRPF attack, and he sought a PCC after obtaining a three‑wheeler licence in January 2024 before an adverse RTI reply in August 2024.