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 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "Delhi Police Sub-Inspector vs Union of India & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Delhi Police Sub-Inspector vs Union of India & Ors.",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "New Delhi",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Special Branch, Delhi Police",
 "court": "Delhi High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Delhi Police Sub-Inspector vs Union of India & Ors.",
 "case_number": "W.P.(C) 5484/2004",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "S. Ravindra Bhat",
  "Vipin Sanghi"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2015-01-30",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2015,
 "incident_date": "1982-11-19",
 "incident_year": 1982,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980",
  "Delhi Police Act 1978"
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 "officers": [
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   "name": null,
   "rank": "Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Special Branch, Delhi Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Sub-Inspector, Special Branch, Delhi Police"
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3182707/",
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 "summary": "The Delhi High Court (S. Ravindra Bhat and Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) on 30 January 2015 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he wilfully absented himself from ASIAD control-room duty on 19 November 1982 despite direct orders, and in December 1982 circulated leaflets among Special Branch staff pressing personnel demands and instigating formation of a Delhi Police union. After an earlier dismissal was set aside on procedural grounds, a fresh enquiry held both charges proved and he was dismissed again on 4 June 1991. The court found no arbitrariness in the Disciplinary Authority's order, held principles of natural justice were adhered to, and declined to interfere with the Tribunal's orders. This is an internal-discipline case with no civilian victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court (S. Ravindra Bhat and Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) on 30 January 2015 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he wilfully absented himself from ASIAD control-room duty on 19 November 1982 despite direct orders, and in December 1982 circulated leaflets among Special Branch staff pressing personnel demands and instigating formation of a Delhi Police union. After an earlier dismissal was set aside on procedural grounds, a fresh enquiry held both charges proved and he was dismissed again on 4 June 1991. The court found no arbitrariness in the Disciplinary Authority's order, held principles of natural justice were adhered to, and declined to interfere with the Tribunal's orders. This is an internal-discipline case with no civilian victim.",
 "court_quote": "From the above discussion, we conclude that there is no arbitrariness in order of the Disciplinary Authority and, principles of natural justice have been adhered to by the Inquiry Officer. The Disciplinary Authority has proved both the charges on preponderance of probability, for which sufficient evidence had been led during the DE proceedings.",
 "court_quote_para": "29",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Dismissal of SI for insubordination and union activity upheld; no civilian victim.",
 "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": "2015-01-30",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Delhi High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "W.P.(C) 5484/2004",
   "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": []
  }
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 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3182707/",
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-42-005",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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