{ "record_id": "CW-2018-0014", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0410", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others", "display_title_redacted": "Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others", "state": "Uttarakhand", "district": "Dehradun", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Dehradun", "police_station_or_unit": "Civil Police, PS Kotwali, Dehradun", "court": "Uttarakhand High Court", "court_as_verified": "Uttarakhand High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Bhagat Ram vs U.P. Public Services Tribunal and Others", "case_number": "Writ Petition (S/B) No. 24 of 2001 (Old No. 38017 of 2000)", "citation": "(2018) 09 UK CK 0099", "judges": [ "Rajiv Sharma", "Manoj Kumar Tiwari" ], "judgment_date": "2018-09-26", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2018, "incident_date": "1989-05-12", "incident_year": 1989, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": "Bhagat Ram", "rank": "Constable", "unit": "Civil Police, Dehradun", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.06, "jev_p_culpable": 0.94, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": "Bhagat Ram", "display": "Bhagat Ram (Constable)" } ], "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/972552/bhagat-ram-appellant-hash-up-public-services-tribunal-others-respondent/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the writ petition of Constable Bhagat Ram of the Dehradun Civil Police, affirming the Tribunal and upholding his dismissal for unauthorised absence beginning 12 May 1989. The Court noted he ignored suspension and a charge-sheet served at his home, never participated in the inquiry, and stood dismissed by the SP Dehradun in December 1990 with the DIG appeal failing in 1992 and the Tribunal claim in 1995. It held the inquiry finding was evidence-based, the absence till dismissal stood proved, and no interference was warranted with a disciplined force decision. Scope note: a purely internal disciplinary matter with no citizen victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the writ petition of Constable Bhagat Ram of the Dehradun Civil Police, affirming the Tribunal and upholding his dismissal for unauthorised absence beginning 12 May 1989. The Court noted he ignored suspension and a charge-sheet served at his home, never participated in the inquiry, and stood dismissed by the SP Dehradun in December 1990 with the DIG appeal failing in 1992 and the Tribunal claim in 1995. It held the inquiry finding was evidence-based, the absence till dismissal stood proved, and no interference was warranted with a disciplined force decision. Scope note: a purely internal disciplinary matter with no citizen victim.", "court_quote": "Petitioner is a member of disciplined force. As member of disciplined force, petitioner was expected to follow the rules and orders of his superior officers. Petitioner was required to report back for duties on 12.05.1989, but he did not resume duties till his dismissal i.e. 31.12.1990.", "court_quote_para": "11", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Decades-long absence litigation ends; dismissal upheld, Tribunal affirmed. No citizen 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": "2018-09-26", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Uttarakhand High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Uttarakhand High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "(2018) 09 UK CK 0099", "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/972552/bhagat-ram-appellant-hash-up-public-services-tribunal-others-respondent/", "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-30" ], "merged_case_id": "UTTARA-007", "officers_named_public": 1, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }