30 Jan 2015
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P.(C) 5484/2004
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CW-2015-0020DelhiJudgment 30 January 2015
Delhi Police Sub-Inspector vs Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court (S. Ravindra Bhat and Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) on 30 January 2015 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he wilfully absented himself from ASIAD control-room duty on 19 November 1982 despite direct orders, and in December 1982 circulated leaflets among Special Branch staff pressing personnel demands and instigating formation of a Delhi Police union. After an earlier dismissal was set aside on procedural grounds, a fresh enquiry held both charges proved and he was dismissed again on 4 June 1991. The court found no arbitrariness in the Disciplinary Authority's order, held principles of natural justice were adhered to, and declined to interfere with the Tribunal's orders. This is an internal-discipline case with no civilian victim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 30 January 2015 in W.P.(C) 5484/2004, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Ravindra Bhat, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector, Special Branch, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 00 CW 0027
- Case reference
- W.P.(C) 5484/2004
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Ravindra Bhat, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.), 30 January 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector, Special Branch, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980; the Delhi Police Act, 1978
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “From the above discussion, we conclude that there is no arbitrariness in order of the Disciplinary Authority and, principles of natural justice have been adhered to by the Inquiry Officer. The Disciplinary Authority has proved both the charges on preponderance …” (at para 29)
- 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 Delhi High Court judgment dated 30 January 2015 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“From the above discussion, we conclude that there is no arbitrariness in order of the Disciplinary Authority and, principles of natural justice have been adhered to by the Inquiry Officer. The Disciplinary Authority has proved both the charges on preponderance …” (para 29)
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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.
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