# Director General of Police and Others vs Tamil Nadu Police personnel

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 August 1997 in Civil Appeal No. 4588 of 1995, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: V. N. Khare, K. Venkataswami, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police personnel, Tamil Nadu Police.

- Register number: TN 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 4588 of 1995 / (1998) 9 SCC 490
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: V. N. Khare, K. Venkataswami, JJ.), 5 August 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Tamil Nadu Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We find from the order of the disciplinary authority the charge was that the respondent had demanded and accepted the bribe, but the only discrepancy pointed out in the evidence was regarding the date, time and amount. This has been …” (at para 3)
- 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/676941/director-general-of-police-and-others-appellant-hash-r-janibasha-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0016)

**Record:** CW-1997-0016 (compiler id CWC-1098); case GAP3-127-006
**Title:** Director General of Police and Others vs Tamil Nadu Police personnel
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: V. N. Khare; K. Venkataswami
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 4588 of 1995 / (1998) 9 SCC 490
**Judgment:** 1997-08-05 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Tamil Nadu; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Tamil Nadu Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 5 August 1997 set aside the Tribunal order and restored the dismissal order passed by the disciplinary authority against \[name withheld\] (bribe demand/acceptance charge), holding the Tribunal exceeded jurisdiction by reappreciating evidence; the appellate authority's reduction to compulsory retirement does not survive the restoration of the disciplinary authority's dismissal order. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We find from the order of the disciplinary authority the charge was that the respondent had demanded and accepted the bribe, but the only discrepancy pointed out in the evidence was regarding the date, time and amount. This has been noticed by the disciplinary authority and it has given acceptable reasons for ignoring those discrepancies.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/676941/director-general-of-police-and-others-appellant-hash-r-janibasha-respondent/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1742573/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** 3
**display title redacted:** Director General of Police and Others vs Tamil Nadu Police personnel
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1997-08-05', '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': '(1998) 9 SCC 490', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/676941/director-general-of-police-and-others-appellant-hash-r-janibasha-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1742573/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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 restored compulsory retirement; Tribunal could not re-appreciate bribe evidence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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