{ "record_id": "CW-2022-0034", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1121", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Union of India & Ors. v. CISF Constable", "display_title_redacted": "Union of India & Ors. v. CISF Constable", "state": "West Bengal", "district": "Kolkata", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Kolkata", "police_station_or_unit": "CISF Unit KoPT Kolkata", "court": "Supreme Court of India", "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India", "bench": null, "case_title": "Union of India & Ors. v. CISF Constable", "case_number": "Civil Appeal Nos. 7939-7942 of 2022", "citation": "2022 SCC OnLine SC 1617", "judges": [ "D.Y. Chandrachud", "Hima Kohli" ], "judgment_date": "2022-11-23", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2022, "incident_date": "2007-11-07", "incident_year": 2007, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "other", "subcategory": "other", "subcategory_display": "other", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "CISF Unit KoPT Kolkata", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Constable, CISF Unit KoPT Kolkata" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 0, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "central_armed", "primary_source_url": "https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/4532/4532_2022_1_1502_39982_Judgement_23-Nov-2022.pdf", "secondary_sources": [ "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92994769/" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Constable of the CISF Unit at Kolkata Port Trust was on armed C-shift guard at the Alif Nagar Scrap Yard, Garden Reach, on the night of 7/8 November 2007, when about 800 kg of copper wire was stolen from the yard and intercepted by local police outside the port. Charged with gross negligence and dereliction of duty plus an incorrigible record of eight punishments in thirteen years, he was dismissed on 27 November 2008 after inquiry, upheld in departmental appeal and revision. A Single Judge of the Calcutta High Court substituted compulsory retirement and the Division Bench ordered reinstatement with back wages. The Supreme Court held the dismissal commensurate with the misconduct and past record, allowed the Union appeals, dismissed the constable appeals and restored the dismissal.", "summary_verified": "Constable of the CISF Unit at Kolkata Port Trust was on armed C-shift guard at the Alif Nagar Scrap Yard, Garden Reach, on the night of 7/8 November 2007, when about 800 kg of copper wire was stolen from the yard and intercepted by local police outside the port. Charged with gross negligence and dereliction of duty plus an incorrigible record of eight punishments in thirteen years, he was dismissed on 27 November 2008 after inquiry, upheld in departmental appeal and revision. A Single Judge of the Calcutta High Court substituted compulsory retirement and the Division Bench ordered reinstatement with back wages. The Supreme Court held the dismissal commensurate with the misconduct and past record, allowed the Union appeals, dismissed the constable appeals and restored the dismissal.", "court_quote": "In our view, the penalty of dismissal from service imposed on the respondent is commensurate with the gross negligence and dereliction of duty on his part.", "court_quote_para": "30", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "SC allowed UOI appeals; dismissal of CISF constable for guard-duty negligence restored.", "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": "2022-11-23", "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": "2022 SCC OnLine SC 1617", "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://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/4532/4532_2022_1_1502_39982_Judgement_23-Nov-2022.pdf", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92994769/", "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-100" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-134-003", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }