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 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "display_title_redacted": "District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "state": "Chhattisgarh",
 "district": "Kanker",
 "district_at_time": "Uttar Bastar Kanker",
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 "police_station_or_unit": "District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker",
 "court": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "District Police Ex-Constable No. 598 vs State of Chhattisgarh",
 "case_number": "Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "P. R. Ramachandra Menon",
  "Parth Prateem Sahu"
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 "judgment_date": "2020-01-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2020,
 "incident_date": null,
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 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
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 "subcategory": "other",
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 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
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   "rank": "Ex-Constable No. 598",
   "unit": "District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
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   "display": "Ex-Constable No. 598, District Police, Uttar Bastar Kanker"
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 "sentence_type": "dismissal",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Constable applied to add his second wife and minor child as nominees in his service record, admitting he contracted a second marriage during the subsistence of the first without prior government permission. A charge-sheet issued under the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1965, the enquiry found misconduct under Rule 22(1), and he was removed from service; the appeal, mercy appeal and writ petition all failed. The Division Bench held Rule 22(1) categorically requires prior permission, and the first wife's consent and voluntary disclosure do not lessen the gravity given the greater responsibility on uniformed personnel. It found the punishment not disproportionate and dismissed the writ appeal.",
 "summary_verified": "Constable applied to add his second wife and minor child as nominees in his service record, admitting he contracted a second marriage during the subsistence of the first without prior government permission. A charge-sheet issued under the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1965, the enquiry found misconduct under Rule 22(1), and he was removed from service; the appeal, mercy appeal and writ petition all failed. The Division Bench held Rule 22(1) categorically requires prior permission, and the first wife's consent and voluntary disclosure do not lessen the gravity given the greater responsibility on uniformed personnel. It found the punishment not disproportionate and dismissed the writ appeal.",
 "court_quote": "The writ appeal being devoid of merit, is liable to be and is hereby dismissed.",
 "court_quote_para": "14",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Removal for second marriage without government permission upheld in writ appeal.",
 "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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 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2020-01-21",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "Writ Appeal No. 57 of 2020",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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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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 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/wa5720210120watermark-1586475.pdf",
   "link_checked": null
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP3-79-004",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
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 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
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