What the record shows

Patterns dashboard

Anonymised aggregates drawn from 2,443 court-adjudicated records against public servants — 522 civil servants and 1,921 police records, from 1168 Supreme Court / High Court judgments and 1275 trial-court convictions. Verification and institutional action are reported separately. Use the tier toggle to split High Court / Supreme Court judgments from trial-court convictions.

Live dataset

The public dataset currently contains 2,443 court-adjudicated records against public servants — 522 civil servants and 1,921 police records, from 1168 Supreme Court / High Court judgments and 1275 trial-court convictions from 34 states and union territories. A further 22 trial-court convictions later set aside on appeal are kept out of the counts. Counts show recorded allegations regardless of their individual evidence position; they are not counts of proven misconduct. These records are not a representative sample, and they do not claim to estimate the prevalence of misconduct across India. This collection covers only judgments with adverse findings against public servants; acquittals and exonerations on the same facts are retained when found.

34
States with a published record
0 records
At V3 verification
1168 records
With a concluded court judgment
162 records
Recent judgments (appeal possible)
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By category

Cases by category

Each case carries one site category with exactly one Primary allegation. Click a category to reveal its sub-category breakdown. Trial-court findings are verified to a lower standard than High Court / Supreme Court judgments. Counts show recorded allegations regardless of their individual evidence position; they are not counts of proven misconduct.

Bribery & extortion1129 records · view in tracker
bribery pc act1098 · view in tracker
extortion31 · view in tracker
Disproportionate assets35 records · view in tracker
disproportionate assets35 · view in tracker
Fraud & misappropriation85 records · view in tracker
misappropriation breach of trust64 · view in tracker
cheating forgery21 · view in tracker
Violence & unlawful detention695 records · view in tracker
custodial death291 · view in tracker
illegal detention false imprisonment150 · view in tracker
custodial torture84 · view in tracker
fake encounter extrajudicial killing60 · view in tracker
disproportionate force54 · view in tracker
custodial rape sexual assault31 · view in tracker
enforced disappearance25 · view in tracker
Other misconduct499 records · view in tracker
other386 · view in tracker
dereliction evidence tampering67 · view in tracker
false implication fabrication46 · view in tracker
By outcome

What the courts decided

Each case carries one outcome type. Compensation figures are amounts ordered, not amounts shown paid or recovered.

Trial-court conviction753 records
conviction522 records
Adverse finding + compensation499 records
Disciplinary action upheld359 records
Conviction upheld222 records
Conviction entered by High Court43 records
Adverse finding31 records
Conviction entered by Supreme Court14 records
By state

Cases by state / UT

Coverage reflects what the discovery index returned and what verifiers could corroborate. Absence is not evidence of absence.

Tamil Nadu391 records
Karnataka279 records
Delhi253 records
Maharashtra242 records
Madhya Pradesh159 records
Jharkhand139 records
Gujarat101 records
Punjab99 records
Uttar Pradesh85 records
Kerala83 records
Odisha83 records
Bihar74 records
Rajasthan67 records
Haryana53 records
Andhra Pradesh47 records
Assam43 records
West Bengal38 records
Telangana36 records
Chhattisgarh34 records
Uttarakhand26 records
Manipur20 records
Jammu and Kashmir19 records
Chandigarh18 records
Meghalaya12 records
Himachal Pradesh11 records
Tripura8 records
Andaman and Nicobar Islands5 records
Puducherry5 records
Mizoram4 records
Arunachal Pradesh3 records
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu2 records
Goa2 records
Nagaland1 record
Sikkim1 record
By decade

Cases by decade of judgment or conviction

Judgments and convictions span 1885–2026. Recent judgments may still be under appeal.

1880s1 record
1920s1 record
1950s18 records
1960s20 records
1970s23 records
1980s32 records
1990s142 records
2000s421 records
2010s1105 records
2020s677 records
By court

Largest courts (top 12)

Deciding courts across both tiers; use the tier toggle to split High Courts from trial courts. Every record cites the deciding court and judgment.

Supreme Court of India148 records
Madras High Court115 records
Delhi High Court106 records
Punjab and Haryana High Court80 records
Bombay High Court77 records
Jharkhand High Court70 records
Patna High Court65 records
Gujarat High Court62 records
Gauhati High Court47 records
Madhya Pradesh High Court46 records
Allahabad High Court40 records
Karnataka High Court39 records
Verification

How far material facts have been verified

Verification describes the support for material facts. V2 records rest on an authenticated, attributed judgment; V3 requires a recorded authenticity check plus human review, and is rare.

StatusMeaningPublished records
V2An attributable claim or public record has been reviewed1168 records
V3At least one material fact has been independently corroborated0 records
Follow-up coverage

What we checked, and what we did not

Each dated follow-up check targets one institutional action or one precisely stated question and records its author, approver, and approval time. A check older than 180 days is shown as stale; its original date and finding remain visible.

1154 records
Followed up
14 records
Never re-checked
0 records
Stale checks
ProceedingActionsNever re-checkedFollowed upStale
Acquitted on appeal3300
Appeal pending222200
Conviction22122100
Order issued1168116800
Order set aside6600
Institutional actions

What institutions did

Appeals are separate actions linked to the decision under review. Recent judgments may still face appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding. Acquittals, exonerations, dismissals, and relief denied are retained alongside convictions and relief granted.

Order issued · Concluded1168 records
Conviction · Concluded221 records
Pending action18 records