{ "record_id": "CW-2023-0053", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1091", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "display_title_redacted": "New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "state": "Rajasthan", "district": null, "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "New Delhi", "police_station_or_unit": "12th Battalion RAC (IR), Chanakyapuri, New Delhi", "court": "Rajasthan High Court", "court_as_verified": "Rajasthan High Court", "bench": "Jaipur", "case_title": "New Delhi Police Constable vs State of Rajasthan and Others", "case_number": "S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18980/2017", "citation": "[2023:RJ-JP:23836]; 2023 SCC OnLine Raj 1949", "judges": [ "Ashok Kumar Gaur" ], "judgment_date": "2023-09-20", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2023, "incident_date": "2007-09-14", "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": [ "Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 Rule 16", "Rajasthan Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1971 Rule 4(iv)" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "held_liable", "unit": "Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, 12th Battalion RAC (IR), C Company, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi", "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, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, 12th Battalion RAC (IR), C Company, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi" } ], "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/122829080/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/09/27/rajasthan-hc-government-servant-uphold-high-conduct-of-rules-private-and-public-life-legal-news/" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. Constable of the 12th Battalion RAC (IR) at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, was charge-sheeted in September 2007 for indiscipline and leading an immoral life, namely maintaining an illicit relationship despite being married with children and neglecting his family. The court recorded that he did not appear before the inquiry officer, filed no response to the inquiry report, was dismissed in March 2008, and his departmental appeal and review were rejected in 2009 and 2017. The court held codified conduct rules barring an immoral life cannot be tested against mythology or foreign custom, found no infirmity in the inquiry or dismissal, and dismissed the writ. An intra-court appeal (D.B. SAW/916/2023) is noted on the judgment memo. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "Constable of the 12th Battalion RAC (IR) at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, was charge-sheeted in September 2007 for indiscipline and leading an immoral life, namely maintaining an illicit relationship despite being married with children and neglecting his family. The court recorded that he did not appear before the inquiry officer, filed no response to the inquiry report, was dismissed in March 2008, and his departmental appeal and review were rejected in 2009 and 2017. The court held codified conduct rules barring an immoral life cannot be tested against mythology or foreign custom, found no infirmity in the inquiry or dismissal, and dismissed the writ. An intra-court appeal (D.B. SAW/916/2023) is noted on the judgment memo.", "court_quote": "This Court finds that the Authorities have not committed an error in initiating the enquiry against the petitioner and passing the order by imposing punishment of dismissal from service.", "court_quote_para": "96", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Judgment text verified; RAC constable dismissal for conduct-rule misconduct upheld.", "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": "2023-09-20", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Rajasthan High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Rajasthan High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "[2023:RJ-JP:23836]; 2023 SCC OnLine Raj 1949", "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://indiankanoon.org/doc/122829080/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/09/27/rajasthan-hc-government-servant-uphold-high-conduct-of-rules-private-and-public-life-legal-news/", "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-96" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-125-001", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }