{ "record_id": "CW-1997-0020", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1099", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable", "display_title_redacted": "State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable", "state": "Karnataka", "district": "Bengaluru Urban", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Bengaluru", "police_station_or_unit": "Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City", "court": "Supreme Court of India", "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India", "bench": null, "case_title": "State of Karnataka and Others vs Karnataka Police Police Constable", "case_number": "Civil Appeal No. 1119 of 1990", "citation": "(1998) 9 SCC 671", "judges": [ "Sujata V. Manohar", "D. P. Wadhwa" ], "judgment_date": "1997-10-23", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1997, "incident_date": null, "incident_year": 1985, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory_display": "extortion", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Police Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City, Karnataka Police", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Police Constable, Sheshadripuram Traffic Sub-Zone, Bengaluru City, Karnataka Police" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/679514/state-of-karnataka-and-others-vs-h-nagaraj/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1729778/" ], "summary": "The Supreme Court on 23 October 1997 restored the dismissal of Bangalore traffic constable for gross misconduct in extorting auto-rickshaw drivers. The Court recorded that as station rider he unofficially stopped drivers daily and released them for Rs. 50-70 each, issuing police notices only to squeeze payment and withdrawing them once paid, and collecting Rs. 150-200 per traffic violation. A departmental enquiry found him guilty and dismissal was confirmed on appeal, but the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal reduced it to withholding two increments as too harsh. The Court held the choice of penalty is exclusively the competent authority's domain and set aside the Tribunal's order. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court on 23 October 1997 restored the dismissal of Bangalore traffic constable for gross misconduct in extorting auto-rickshaw drivers. The Court recorded that as station rider he unofficially stopped drivers daily and released them for Rs. 50-70 each, issuing police notices only to squeeze payment and withdrawing them once paid, and collecting Rs. 150-200 per traffic violation. A departmental enquiry found him guilty and dismissal was confirmed on appeal, but the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal reduced it to withholding two increments as too harsh. The Court held the choice of penalty is exclusively the competent authority's domain and set aside the Tribunal's order.", "court_quote": "He was basically charged with gross misconduct in collecting money from auto rickshaw drivers. A departmental enquiry was held and he was found guilty of the charges.", "court_quote_para": "1", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "SC restored dismissal of traffic constable who extorted auto drivers daily.", "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": "1997-10-23", "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": "(1998) 9 SCC 671", "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/679514/state-of-karnataka-and-others-vs-h-nagaraj/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1729778/", "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-97" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-127-007", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }