{ "record_id": "CW-1996-0001", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0066", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Chandigarh Administration, UT Chandigarh and Others v. [name withheld]", "display_title_redacted": "Chandigarh Administration, UT Chandigarh and Others v. [name withheld]", "state": "Chandigarh", "district": "Chandigarh", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Chandigarh", "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Sector-11, UT Police Chandigarh", "court": "Supreme Court of India", "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India", "bench": null, "case_title": "Chandigarh Administration, UT Chandigarh and Others v. [name withheld]", "case_number": "Civil Appeal No. 6954 of 1996", "citation": null, "judges": [ "K. S. Paripoornan", "B. P. Jeevan Reddy" ], "judgment_date": "1996-03-26", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1996, "incident_date": "1993-12-07", "incident_year": 1993, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory_display": "extortion", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "Constitution Art 311(2)(b)", "Constitution Art 311(3)" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Sub-Inspector", "unit": "PS Sector-11, Chandigarh", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "key2_gemapi:unclear" ], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": "yes", "key2_claude": "yes", "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": "unclear", "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": "yes", "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.06, "jev_p_culpable": 0.94, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": null, "display": "Sub-Inspector, PS Sector-11, Chandigarh" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Chandigarh man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/684094/chandigarh-administration-union-territory-chandigarh-and-others-appellant-hash-ajay-manchanda-et/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Supreme Court restored the dismissal of Sub-Inspector of Police Station Sector-11, Chandigarh, who had extorted Rs 50,000 from fake-passport accused [name withheld] and demanded Rs 50,000 more with threats. The DSP (Central)'s March 1994 report affirmed the complaint and recorded that witnesses were terrorised and unwilling to pursue the matter in court, leading the SSP to dismiss him under Article 311(2)(b). Setting aside the Tribunal's order for [name withheld], the Court dismissed the appeal concerning co-respondent SI, whose minor charge lacked material showing intimidation.", "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court restored the dismissal of Sub-Inspector of Police Station Sector-11, Chandigarh, who had extorted Rs 50,000 from fake-passport accused [name withheld] and demanded Rs 50,000 more with threats. The DSP (Central)'s March 1994 report affirmed the complaint and recorded that witnesses were terrorised and unwilling to pursue the matter in court, leading the SSP to dismiss him under Article 311(2)(b). Setting aside the Tribunal's order for [name withheld], the Court dismissed the appeal concerning co-respondent SI, whose minor charge lacked material showing intimidation.", "court_quote": "The order read as a whole and the accompanying report of the D.S.P. and the endorsement of S.S.P. on the report do clearly establish that it was respondent who was intimidating and terrorising the said persons. The judgment and order of the Tribunal in O.A. 366-Ch/94 is accordingly set aside and the appeal arising from SLP (C) 26926 of 1995 is allowed.", "court_quote_para": "14", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Rs 50K-extortion SI's dismissal restored; [name withheld] relief stands (excluded).", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Other", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "1996-03-26", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Supreme Court of India", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "Civil Appeal No. 6954 of 1996", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/684094/chandigarh-administration-union-territory-chandigarh-and-others-appellant-hash-ajay-manchanda-et/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-27" ], "merged_case_id": "CHANDI-012", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }