# Union of India & Ors. v. CRPF Constable (General Duty)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 July 2024 in Civil Appeal No. 7933 of 2024 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 25631 of 2019), the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Hima Kohli, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable (General Duty), 149 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

- Register number: UP 84 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 7933 of 2024 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 25631 of 2019) / 2024 INSC 550; \[2024\] 7 S.C.R. 910
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Hima Kohli, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ.), 23 July 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (General Duty), 149 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Full sentence: 'The respondent does not deserve any latitude as it has been established beyond doubt that he was all along aware of the FIR registered against him with Barnhal Police Station, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh and the ensuing criminal cases.' …” (at para 26)
- 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.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/union-of-india-v-shishu-pal-shiv-palwatermark-1640206.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0041)

**Record:** CW-2024-0041 (compiler id CWC-1123); case GAP3-135-002
**Title:** Union of India & Ors. v. CRPF Constable (General Duty)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Hima Kohli; Ahsanuddin Amanullah
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 7933 of 2024 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 25631 of 2019) / 2024 INSC 550; \[2024\] 7 S.C.R. 910
**Judgment:** 2024-07-23 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-11-17 (2011)
**Place:** Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Barnhal; police station or unit: 149 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (General Duty), 149 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (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. \[name withheld\] was appointed CRPF Constable (GD) on 17 November 2011 and denied any arrest or pending case in his verification roll, though FIR No. 76 of 2011 at Barnhal, Mainpuri, and two criminal cases were pending against him. The inquiry also found he filed fake SHO reports during verification, and he was terminated on 24 June 2014 (upheld 23 September 2014). The Supreme Court held suppression proved beyond doubt, including concealment of judicial custody and bail, and applied a stringent yardstick for law-enforcement appointments. It allowed the Union's appeal, set aside the Gauhati High Court's reinstatement orders, and restored termination.

> Full sentence: 'The respondent does not deserve any latitude as it has been established beyond doubt that he was all along aware of the FIR registered against him with Barnhal Police Station, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh and the ensuing criminal cases.' (para 26)

**Sources (3):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/union-of-india-v-shishu-pal-shiv-palwatermark-1640206.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/165563836/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/stringent-yardsticks-in-law-enforcement-agencies-supreme-court-terminates-crpf-constables-appointment-for-suppressing-criminal-case-264345)
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Union of India & Ors. v. CRPF Constable (General Duty)
**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': \['court_quote'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-07-23', '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': '2024 INSC 550; \[2024\] 7 S.C.R. 910', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/union-of-india-v-shishu-pal-shiv-palwatermark-1640206.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/165563836/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/stringent-yardsticks-in-law-enforcement-agencies-supreme-court-terminates-crpf-constables-appointment-for-suppressing-criminal-case-264345', '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 judgment verified; CRPF constable's termination for suppression of criminal cases restored (disciplinary_upheld).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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