# The Director General, CISF & Ors. v. CISF Constable and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 November 2025 in Writ Appeal No. 48 of 2025, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Battu Devanand, A. Hari Haranadha Sarma, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), SHAR Centre, Sriharikota.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0041
- Case reference: Writ Appeal No. 48 of 2025 / 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 176; APHC010603432024
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Battu Devanand, A. Hari Haranadha Sarma, JJ.), 7 November 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), SHAR Centre, Sriharikota
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964; Rule 18(b) of the CISF Rules, 2001
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The punishment of compulsory retirement ordered for opting conscious bigamous marriage by the writ petitioner is not disproportionate.” (at para 21)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://livelaw-bennett.refread.com/pdf_upload/the-director-general-cisf-ors-vs-kudipudi-suri-babu-632702.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0049)

**Record:** CW-2025-0049 (compiler id CWC-1125); case GAP3-18-001
**Title:** The Director General, CISF & Ors. v. CISF Constable and others
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Battu Devanand; A. Hari Haranadha Sarma
**Case number / citation:** Writ Appeal No. 48 of 2025 / 2025 LiveLaw (AP) 176; APHC010603432024
**Judgment:** 2025-11-07 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Nellore); city town: Sriharikota; police station or unit: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), SHAR Centre, Sriharikota; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964 Rule 21; CISF Rules 2001 Rule 18(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), SHAR Centre, Sriharikota (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

remove/replace final sentence; department case is recorded in the judgment (paras 2-10). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The punishment of compulsory retirement ordered for opting conscious bigamous marriage by the writ petitioner is not disproportionate.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw-bennett.refread.com](https://livelaw-bennett.refread.com/pdf_upload/the-director-general-cisf-ors-vs-kudipudi-suri-babu-632702.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-high-court/the-director-general-cisf-v-kudipudi-suri-babu-compulsory-retirement-1599112); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court-upholds-dismissal-cisf-personnel-second-marriage-case-311005)
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** The Director General, CISF & Ors. v. CISF Constable 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-11-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2025 LiveLaw (AP) 176; APHC010603432024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://livelaw-bennett.refread.com/pdf_upload/the-director-general-cisf-ors-vs-kudipudi-suri-babu-632702.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/andhra-pradesh-high-court/the-director-general-cisf-v-kudipudi-suri-babu-compulsory-retirement-1599112', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court-upholds-dismissal-cisf-personnel-second-marriage-case-311005', '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:** AP HC judgment verified; CISF constable's compulsory retirement for bigamous marriage restored (disciplinary_upheld).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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