28 Nov 2017
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: W.P.(C) 10556/2017
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CW-2017-0038DelhiJudgment 28 November 2017
Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court (Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli, JJ.) on 28 November 2017 dismissed in limine the writ petition of Delhi Police Head Constable and upheld his dismissal from service. The court recorded that he had contracted a second marriage on 8 February 1996 without legally divorcing his first wife, and that a full departmental enquiry in which both wives were examined held the charge of grave misconduct proved. It rejected his plea that the first marriage was unproved, noting corroboration from the ration card, CGHS card and nomination records. Relying on Union of India v. P. Gunasekaran, the court held dismissal for such misconduct unbecoming of a member of a disciplined force was not disproportionate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 28 November 2017 in W.P.(C) 10556/2017, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Hima Kohli, Rekha Palli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 00 CW 0029
- Case reference
- W.P.(C) 10556/2017
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: Hima Kohli, Rekha Palli, JJ.), 28 November 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, 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)
- “The impugned judgment dated 07.10.2016 is affirmed and upheld. The writ petition is dismissed in limine alongwith pending application, with no order as to costs.” (at para 24)
- 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 28 November 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
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“The impugned judgment dated 07.10.2016 is affirmed and upheld. The writ petition is dismissed in limine alongwith pending application, with no order as to costs.” (para 24)
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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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