# Delhi Police Constable (No. 1822/W) vs Union of India and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 April 2002 in CWP arising from CAT OA No. 1372/1999 (writ number not stated), the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. B. Sinha, A. K. Sikri, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (No. 1822/W), PS Punjabi Bagh, West District, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 04 CW 0004
- Case reference: CWP arising from CAT OA No. 1372/1999 (writ number not stated) / 99(2002)DLT715; 2002(64)DRJ260
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S. B. Sinha, A. K. Sikri, JJ.), 11 April 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (No. 1822/W), PS Punjabi Bagh, West District, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Although the doctors had not been examined, the fact that the petitioner had taken liquor and assaulted the said a Delhi man, has been proved.” (at para 13)
- 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/1933258/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0021)

**Record:** CW-2002-0021 (compiler id CWC-1169); case GAP3-38-007
**Title:** Delhi Police Constable (No. 1822/W) vs Union of India and Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S. B. Sinha; A. K. Sikri
**Case number / citation:** CWP arising from CAT OA No. 1372/1999 (writ number not stated) / 99(2002)DLT715; 2002(64)DRJ260
**Judgment:** 2002-04-11 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-03-01 (1998)
**Place:** West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS Punjabi Bagh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (No. 1822/W), PS Punjabi Bagh, West District, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable of PS Punjabi Bagh was dismissed on 14.11.1998 after a departmental enquiry found he consumed liquor on duty at a picket on Road No. 77 on 1.3.1998 and assaulted fellow Constable, causing simple blunt injuries. His departmental appeal and CAT Original Application were dismissed, and he challenged the dismissal under Article 226. The Court held the liquor-taking and assault proved on preponderance of probability on the victim's categorical evidence, the SI's report and both MLCs, rejecting pleas of non-examination of doctors and Rule 15 violation. Finding no case for interference, the Court dismissed the writ petition, leaving the dismissal from service intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Although the doctors had not been examined, the fact that the petitioner had taken liquor and assaulted the said a Delhi man, has been proved.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1933258/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Constable (No. 1822/W) vs Union of India and Ors.
**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': '2002-04-11', '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': '99(2002)DLT715; 2002(64)DRJ260', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1933258/', '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 HC dismissed writ; dismissal of drunk-on-duty constable for assault upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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