# Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154434749/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0038)

**Record:** CW-2017-0038 (compiler id CWC-1187); case GAP3-42-002
**Title:** Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Hima Kohli; Rekha Palli
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 10556/2017
**Judgment:** 2017-11-28 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-02-08 (1996)
**Place:** Delhi; city town: New Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1980
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** New Delhi woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154434749/)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Head Constable vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & 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': '2017-11-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'W.P.(C) 10556/2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154434749/', '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:** Dismissal of head constable for bigamy upheld; misconduct held unbecoming of disciplined force.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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