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 "display_title": "State of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Prem Ram",
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 "state": "Uttarakhand",
 "district": "Pithoragarh",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Berinag",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Berinag, Pithoragarh",
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
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 "case_title": "State of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Prem Ram",
 "case_number": "Civil Appeal No. 3152 of 2019",
 "citation": "AIRONLINE 2019 SC 914",
 "judges": [
  "D.Y. Chandrachud",
  "Hemant Gupta"
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 "judgment_date": "2019-03-15",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2019,
 "incident_date": "2006-11-01",
 "incident_year": 2006,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
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 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
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 "officers": [
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   "name": "Prem Ram",
   "rank": "Constable",
   "unit": "Berinag, District Pithoragarh",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
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   "key2": "yes",
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   "key2_union": "yes",
   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
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   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "Prem Ram",
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 "victims": [],
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61219925/",
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 "summary": "Constable Prem Ram, posted at Berinag in Pithoragarh district, was found in an inebriated state on 1 November 2006 misbehaving with members of the public, with a medical examination confirming he was under the influence of alcohol. After a disciplinary enquiry proved the charge, the Superintendent of Police, Pithoragarh dismissed him on 16 May 2007, and his departmental appeal, revision and writ petition before a Single Judge all failed. A Division Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court, however, converted the dismissal into compulsory retirement citing 25 years of service. The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal, holding that having regard to the seriousness of the misconduct and the fact that he was a member of the police service, there was no justification to interfere with the dismissal.",
 "summary_verified": "Constable Prem Ram, posted at Berinag in Pithoragarh district, was found in an inebriated state on 1 November 2006 misbehaving with members of the public, with a medical examination confirming he was under the influence of alcohol. After a disciplinary enquiry proved the charge, the Superintendent of Police, Pithoragarh dismissed him on 16 May 2007, and his departmental appeal, revision and writ petition before a Single Judge all failed. A Division Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court, however, converted the dismissal into compulsory retirement citing 25 years of service. The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal, holding that having regard to the seriousness of the misconduct and the fact that he was a member of the police service, there was no justification to interfere with the dismissal.",
 "court_quote": "Having regard to the seriousness of the charge of misconduct and the fact that the respondent was a member of the police service, we find no justification for the High Court to interfere with the order of dismissal.",
 "court_quote_para": "n/a",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Supreme Court restored dismissal of Constable Prem Ram for drunkenness and misbehaviour with public, setting aside lenient HC order.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "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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  {
   "date": "2019-03-15",
   "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": "AIRONLINE 2019 SC 914",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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 "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",
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