# CISF Constable/Driver v. Union of India & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 January 2023 in SLP (Civil) No. 10499 of 2022, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Ajay Rastogi, Bela M. Trivedi, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable/Driver, CISF.

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0037
- Case reference: SLP (Civil) No. 10499 of 2022 / 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 44
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Ajay Rastogi, Bela M. Trivedi, JJ.), 16 January 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable/Driver, CISF
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 36 of the CISF Rules, 2001; Rule 54 of the CISF Rules, 2001; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner having been found to have committed gross misconduct right at the threshold of entering into disciplined force like CISF, and the respondent authorities having passed the order of his removal from service after following due process of law …” (at para 13)
- 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/45959979/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0035)

**Record:** CW-2023-0035 (compiler id CWC-1119); case GAP3-134-001
**Title:** CISF Constable/Driver v. Union of India & Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Ajay Rastogi; Bela M. Trivedi
**Case number / citation:** SLP (Civil) No. 10499 of 2022 / 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 44
**Judgment:** 2023-01-16 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-01-01 (2007)
**Place:** Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: CISF Unit, CSIA, Mumbai; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CISF Rules 2001 Rule 36; CISF Rules 2001 Rule 54; IPC 323; IPC 324; IPC 341
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable/Driver, CISF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. The petitioner was appointed constable/driver in the CISF on 3 November 2007 but suppressed a pending criminal case (FIR No. 153 of 2003, under Sections 323, 324 and 341 IPC) in his entry-time character-verification certificate. The Commandant initially imposed reduction of pay by one stage; the DIG Headquarters Navi Mumbai suo motu revised the lenient penalty under Rule 54 and ordered a fresh inquiry, which ended in removal from service on 9 March 2010, upheld in departmental appeal and revision. A Single Bench of the Rajasthan High Court twice set aside the removal, but the Division Bench restored it on 16 November 2021. The Supreme Court held suppression of criminal antecedents at entry into a disciplined force is gross misconduct, found the removal followed due process without mala fides, declined to interfere under Article 136 and dismissed the SLP. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner having been found to have committed gross misconduct right at the threshold of entering into disciplined force like CISF, and the respondent authorities having passed the order of his removal from service after following due process of law and without actuated by malafides, the court is not inclined to exercise its limited jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/45959979/); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/1512120225150141000judgement16-jan-2023watermark-1458791.pdf)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** CISF Constable/Driver v. Union of India & 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': '2023-01-16', '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': '2023 LiveLaw (SC) 44', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/45959979/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/1512120225150141000judgement16-jan-2023watermark-1458791.pdf', '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:** SC dismissed SLP; removal of CISF constable for suppressing criminal case at entry upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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