# Nicobar Police personnel vs Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 August 2019 in WPCT No. 153 of 2019, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Subrata Talukdar, Arindam Mukherjee, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police personnel, Andaman and Nicobar Police.

- Register number: AN 01 CW 0003
- Case reference: WPCT No. 153 of 2019 / (2019) 08 CAL CK 0059
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Subrata Talukdar, Arindam Mukherjee, JJ.), 19 August 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Andaman and Nicobar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the petitioner, being a member of discipline force, must be said to have lost confidence in his employer and therefore, not fit to be retained in service.” (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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1009308/ssimachalam-appellant-hash-union-of-india-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0008)

**Record:** CW-2019-0008 (compiler id CWC-0294); case PUDUCH-002
**Title:** Nicobar Police personnel vs Union of India and Others
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Subrata Talukdar; Arindam Mukherjee
**Case number / citation:** WPCT No. 153 of 2019 / (2019) 08 CAL CK 0059
**Judgment:** 2019-08-19 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-01-01 (2007)
**Place:** South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands; city town: Port Blair; police station or unit: Andaman and Nicobar Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 419; IPC 420; IPC 366; IPC 392; IPC 354
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Andaman and Nicobar Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Calcutta High Court Division Bench dismissed the writ petition of \[name withheld\] of the Andaman and Nicobar Police, whose termination (order dated 7 July 2009) followed proved disciplinary charges of demanding money for a police job, kidnapping/molestation/robbery, and mobile-phone theft. The Court examined the subsequent criminal-trial acquittals and held none was honourable, being based on hostile witnesses and wanting evidence. It found no infirmity in the DGP's refusal to review the penalty under the A&N Police Manual or in the CAT order of 18 December 2018. The termination from the disciplined force therefore stands confirmed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the petitioner, being a member of discipline force, must be said to have lost confidence in his employer and therefore, not fit to be retained in service.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1009308/ssimachalam-appellant-hash-union-of-india-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** Nicobar Police personnel vs Union of India and Others
**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': '2019-08-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2019) 08 CAL CK 0059', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1009308/ssimachalam-appellant-hash-union-of-india-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Calcutta HC DB dismissed the writ, confirming termination of the A&N policeman; matches disciplinary_upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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