# Kolkata Woman & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 December 2014 in W.P.S.T. No. 109 of 2013 with CAN No. 8104 of 2013, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Ishan Chandra Das, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Kolkata Police Force.

- Register number: WB 01 CW 0007
- Case reference: W.P.S.T. No. 109 of 2013 with CAN No. 8104 of 2013 / (2014) 12 CAL CK 0101
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Ishan Chandra Das, JJ.), 19 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Kolkata Police Force
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Regulation of Calcutta 1968 Chap 19 Reg 8 of the Police Regulations; Section 21 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For these reasons, we affirm the Tribunal order dismissing the OA and dismiss the WPST.” (at para 26)
- 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.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c64a93261a672b94d1); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0040)

**Record:** CW-2014-0040 (compiler id CWC-1159); case GAP3-32-004
**Title:** Kolkata Woman & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Jayanta Kumar Biswas; Ishan Chandra Das
**Case number / citation:** W.P.S.T. No. 109 of 2013 with CAN No. 8104 of 2013 / (2014) 12 CAL CK 0101
**Judgment:** 2014-12-19 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-12-15 (2000)
**Place:** Kolkata, West Bengal; city town: Kolkata; police station or unit: Kolkata Police Force; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Police Regulations of Calcutta 1968 Chap 19 Reg 8; Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 s.21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Kolkata Police Force (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Kolkata Police constable pleaded guilty to unauthorised absence from 15 December 2000, with 16 prior punishments and 164 days of extraordinary leave on record, and was dismissed with effect from 6 April 2001. His legal representatives later sought rescission citing a December 2011 criminal acquittal, but the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal dismissed the 2012 original application. The Calcutta High Court held the Tribunal could not condone the nine-year delay, that Regulation 8 permits dismissal for absence, and that the penalty was not shockingly disproportionate. The WPST was dismissed on 19 December 2014. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For these reasons, we affirm the Tribunal order dismissing the OA and dismiss the WPST.

**Sources (3):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c64a93261a672b94d1); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/873436/maya-rani-das-appellant-hash-the-state-of-west-bengal-respondent/); WBAT order dated 10 Sep 2012 in O.A. No. 748 of 2012
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Kolkata Woman & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & 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': '2014-12-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2014) 12 CAL CK 0101', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c64a93261a672b94d1', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/873436/maya-rani-das-appellant-hash-the-state-of-west-bengal-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'WBAT order dated 10 Sep 2012 in O.A. No. 748 of 2012', '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:** HC judgment text verified via CourtKutchehry mirror; dismissal upheld, WPST dismissed as time-barred.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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