# U.P. Police Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police) vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 March 1961 in Civil Appeal No. 490 of 1957, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. K. Das, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar, M. Hidayatullah, K. C. Das Gupta, J. C. Shah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police), U.P. Police, Anti-Corruption Department.

- Register number: UP 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 490 of 1957
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. K. Das, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar, M. Hidayatullah, K. C. Das Gupta, J. C. Shah, JJ.), 6 March 1961
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police), U.P. Police, Anti-Corruption Department
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Police Act, 1861; the U.P. Disciplinary Proceedings (Administrative Tribunal) Rules, 1947; Article 14 of the Constitution of India; Article 311 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Tribunal framed three charges against the appellant, and after a detailed survey of the evidence recommended on February 4, 1950, that the appellant be dismissed from service. The Governor then served a notice requiring the appellant to show cause …” (at para 1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/642587/jagannath-prasad-sharma-appellant-hash-state-of-uttar-pradesh-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1961-0001)

**Record:** CW-1961-0001 (compiler id CWC-1095); case GAP3-127-003
**Title:** U.P. Police Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police) vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: S. K. Das; N. Rajagopala Ayyangar; M. Hidayatullah; K. C. Das Gupta; J. C. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 490 of 1957
**Judgment:** 1961-03-06 (1961, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1947-01-01 (1947)
**Place:** Uttar Pradesh; police station or unit: Anti-Corruption Department, U.P. Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Police Act 1861 s.7; U.P. Disciplinary Proceedings (Administrative Tribunal) Rules 1947; Constitution Art. 14; Constitution Art. 311
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police), U.P. Police, Anti-Corruption Department (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 6 March 1961 dismissed with costs the appeal of \[name withheld\], a U.P. Police Inspector officiating as Deputy Superintendent in the Anti-Corruption Department, upholding his dismissal from service. The Court recorded that complaints of immorality, corruption and gross dereliction of duty led to an Administrative Tribunal enquiry, which recommended dismissal in February 1950, and the Governor dismissed him with effect from December 1950. The majority held the Governor's dismissal power was not ousted by the Police Act and the Tribunal procedure caused no prejudice or substantial Article 14 discrimination. The dismissal therefore stood; no criminal conviction arose on this record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The Tribunal framed three charges against the appellant, and after a detailed survey of the evidence recommended on February 4, 1950, that the appellant be dismissed from service. The Governor then served a notice requiring the appellant to show cause why he should not be dismissed from service and after considering the explanation submitted by the appellant, the Governor ordered that the appellant be dismissed with effect from December 5, 1950.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/642587/jagannath-prasad-sharma-appellant-hash-state-of-uttar-pradesh-and-others-respondent/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1916227/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** other
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 1
**display title redacted:** U.P. Police Inspector of Police (officiating Deputy Superintendent of Police) vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': '1961-03-06', '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': 'Civil Appeal No. 490 of 1957', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/642587/jagannath-prasad-sharma-appellant-hash-state-of-uttar-pradesh-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1916227/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** SC upheld dismissal of Inspector/DSP for corruption, immorality and dereliction.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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