# State of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Prem Ram

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 March 2019 in Civil Appeal No. 3152 of 2019, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Prem Ram (Constable).

- Register number: UK 05 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 3152 of 2019 / AIRONLINE 2019 SC 914
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: D.Y. Chandrachud, Hemant Gupta, JJ.), 15 March 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Prem Ram (Constable)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having regard to the seriousness of the charge of misconduct and the fact that the respondent was a member of the police service, we find no justification for the High Court to interfere with the order of dismissal.” (at para n/a)
- 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/61219925/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0004)

**Record:** CW-2019-0004 (compiler id CWC-0404); case UTTARA-001
**Title:** State of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Prem Ram
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: D.Y. Chandrachud; Hemant Gupta
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 3152 of 2019 / AIRONLINE 2019 SC 914
**Judgment:** 2019-03-15 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-11-01 (2006)
**Place:** Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand; city town: Berinag; police station or unit: Berinag, Pithoragarh; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Prem Ram (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Constable Prem Ram, posted at Berinag in Pithoragarh district, was found in an inebriated state on 1 November 2006 misbehaving with members of the public, with a medical examination confirming he was under the influence of alcohol. After a disciplinary enquiry proved the charge, the Superintendent of Police, Pithoragarh dismissed him on 16 May 2007, and his departmental appeal, revision and writ petition before a Single Judge all failed. A Division Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court, however, converted the dismissal into compulsory retirement citing 25 years of service. The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal, holding that having regard to the seriousness of the misconduct and the fact that he was a member of the police service, there was no justification to interfere with the dismissal.

> Having regard to the seriousness of the charge of misconduct and the fact that the respondent was a member of the police service, we find no justification for the High Court to interfere with the order of dismissal.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61219925/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-359469.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-weekly-round-up-143983)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** State of Uttarakhand & Ors. vs Prem Ram
**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': '2019-03-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2019 SC 914', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61219925/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-359469.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-weekly-round-up-143983', '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:** Supreme Court restored dismissal of Constable Prem Ram for drunkenness and misbehaviour with public, setting aside lenient HC order.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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