19 Mar 1991
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: (1991) 2 SCC 488
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CW-1991-0005Changlang, Arunachal PradeshJudgment 19 March 1991
CRPF Head Constable v. Union of India and Others
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By judgment dated 19 March 1991 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 974 of 1989, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Ratnavel Pandian, K. Jayachandra Reddy, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; Post Commander, Vijaynagar Post.
- Register number
- AR 12 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Writ Petition (Civil) No. 974 of 1989 / (1991) 2 SCC 488
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Ratnavel Pandian, K. Jayachandra Reddy, JJ.), 19 March 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, E Company, 11th Battalion, CRPF; Post Commander, Vijaynagar Post
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949; Article 32 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “After having perused all the records carefully, we are unable to find any clinching circumstances on the basis of which it can be said that the petitioner was not negligent in discharge of his duties and that he did not …” (at para n/a)
- 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.
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“After having perused all the records carefully, we are unable to find any clinching circumstances on the basis of which it can be said that the petitioner was not negligent in discharge of his duties and that he did not …” (para n/a)
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19 Sep 2026
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