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 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1187",
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 "display_title": "Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.",
 "state": "Delhi",
 "district": null,
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "New Delhi",
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 "court": "Delhi High Court",
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 "case_title": "Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.",
 "case_number": "W.P.(C) 10556/2017",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Hima Kohli",
  "Rekha Palli"
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 "judgment_date": "2017-11-28",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2017,
 "incident_date": "1996-02-08",
 "incident_year": 1996,
 "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"
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   "name": null,
   "rank": "Head Constable",
   "unit": "Delhi Police",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Head Constable, Delhi Police"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "New Delhi woman"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154434749/",
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 "summary": "The Delhi High Court (Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 28 November 2017 dismissed in limine the writ petition of Delhi Police Head Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he had contracted a second marriage on 8 February 1996 without legally divorcing his first wife, and that a full departmental enquiry in which both wives were examined held the charge of grave misconduct proved. It rejected his plea that the first marriage was unproved, noting corroboration from the ration card, CGHS card and nomination records. Relying on Union of India v. P. Gunasekaran, the court held dismissal for such misconduct unbecoming of a member of a disciplined force was not disproportionate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court (Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 28 November 2017 dismissed in limine the writ petition of Delhi Police Head Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he had contracted a second marriage on 8 February 1996 without legally divorcing his first wife, and that a full departmental enquiry in which both wives were examined held the charge of grave misconduct proved. It rejected his plea that the first marriage was unproved, noting corroboration from the ration card, CGHS card and nomination records. Relying on Union of India v. P. Gunasekaran, the court held dismissal for such misconduct unbecoming of a member of a disciplined force was not disproportionate.",
 "court_quote": "The impugned judgment dated 07.10.2016 is affirmed and upheld. The writ petition is dismissed in limine alongwith pending application, with no order as to costs.",
 "court_quote_para": "24",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Dismissal of head constable for bigamy upheld; misconduct held unbecoming of disciplined force.",
 "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"
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 "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"
  }
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 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2017-11-28",
   "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) 10556/2017",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
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 "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/154434749/",
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  }
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-42-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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