19 Nov 2010
Order issued
ConcludedThe Karnataka High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P. No. 21975/2010 (S-KAT)
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CW-2010-0037Bengaluru Urban, KarnatakaJudgment 19 November 2010
City Armed Reserve Police Ex-Police Constable (PC No. 1709) vs State of Karnataka
The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Police Constable (PC No. 1709) of A Company, City Armed Reserve, Bengaluru, abused RSI a Bengaluru man and ASI in foul language on the parade ground on 2 March 2001, assaulting the RSI and attempting to assault a Bengaluru man with a lathi before others intervened. A departmental enquiry found the misconduct proved and he was dismissed, with appeal and revision failing; the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal sustained the misconduct finding but substituted compulsory retirement noting 15+ years of service. He sought reinstatement with back wages under Articles 226/227. The High Court held four fact-finding authorities concurrently found the misconduct proved and the Tribunal's lenient penalty met the ends of justice, dismissing the writ petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 19 November 2010 in W.P. No. 21975/2010 (S-KAT), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: N. Kumar, S.N. Satyanarayana, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ex-Police Constable (PC No. 1709), A Company, City Armed Reserve Police, Bengaluru.
- Register number
- KA 01 CW 0015
- Case reference
- W.P. No. 21975/2010 (S-KAT)
- Court and date
- Karnataka High Court (Coram: N. Kumar, S.N. Satyanarayana, JJ.), 19 November 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Ex-Police Constable (PC No. 1709), A Company, City Armed Reserve Police, Bengaluru
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Tribunal has rightly held the evidence on record clearly establish the misconduct alleged against the petitioner.” (at para 5)
- 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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Current position
The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 19 November 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The Tribunal has rightly held the evidence on record clearly establish the misconduct alleged against the petitioner.” (para 5)
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Continuing record
Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.