21 Sep 2017
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P.(C) 4577/2017
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CW-2017-0033North East Delhi, DelhiJudgment 21 September 2017
Delhi Police Constable vs Union of India & Ors.
The Delhi High Court (Rekha Palli and Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) on 21 September 2017 dismissed the writ petition of Delhi Police Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that on 15 April 1996 a four-man Special Staff team including the petitioner illegally picked up shopkeeper [name withheld] and his two servants on a false accusation of manufacturing spurious cold drinks, demanded Rs. 50,000, and released them on 16 April 1996 after receiving Rs. 30,000 as bribe. It held this was not a case of no evidence, finding the uncontroverted statement of complainant [name withheld] alone sufficient to hold the charges proved, and saw no infirmity in the Tribunal's order. The petitioner had been dismissed on 7 November 1997 after a joint departmental enquiry rejected his alibi defence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 21 September 2017 in W.P.(C) 4577/2017, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Rekha Palli, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 05 CW 0018
- Case reference
- W.P.(C) 4577/2017
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: Rekha Palli, Vipin Sanghi, JJ.), 21 September 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Special Staff, North East District, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- the Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Having examined the record, including the findings of the Enquiry Officer and the order passed by Disciplinary Authority, we do not find that this is a case of 'no evidence'. In fact, we find that there was sufficient evidence before …” (at para 20)
- 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 21 September 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Having examined the record, including the findings of the Enquiry Officer and the order passed by Disciplinary Authority, we do not find that this is a case of 'no evidence'. In fact, we find that there was sufficient evidence before …” (para 20)
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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.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.