# Ex. Constable Jal Singh vs Commissioner of Police and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 September 2001, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Sharda Aggarwal, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Jal Singh (Constable).

- Register number: DL 02 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2002(63) DRJ 198
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Sharda Aggarwal, J.), 19 September 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Jal Singh (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “we are of the opinion that the order dismissal of the petitioner does not suffer from any illegality” (at para 14)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/398507/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0016)

**Record:** CW-2001-0016 (compiler id CWC-0780); case GAP2-17-001
**Title:** Ex. Constable Jal Singh vs Commissioner of Police and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Sharda Aggarwal
**Case number / citation:** 2002(63) DRJ 198
**Judgment:** 2001-09-19 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-05-08 (1991)
**Place:** New Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Jal Singh (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. Delhi Police constable Jal Singh remained unauthorisedly absent from 8 May 1991 to 26 July 1991 despite two absentee notices, and had 40 prior unauthorised absences on record. A departmental enquiry held the misconduct charge proved and he was dismissed on 17 July 1992; his departmental appeal and OA No.1529/93 before the Central Administrative Tribunal both failed. The court held that regularising the absence as leave without pay was only for maintaining a correct service record and did not obliterate the dismissal, following Harihar Gopal. It found no illegality in the dismissal, dismissed the Article 226 writ petition, and upheld the Tribunal order dated 14 July 1999. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> we are of the opinion that the order dismissal of the petitioner does not suffer from any illegality

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/398507/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/703602/ex-constable-jal-singh-vs-commissioner-police)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Ex. Constable Jal Singh vs Commissioner of Police 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': '2001-09-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2002(63) DRJ 198', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/398507/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/703602/ex-constable-jal-singh-vs-commissioner-police', '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:** Delhi Police constable's dismissal for habitual unauthorised absence upheld; writ dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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