4 Apr 1977
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: AIR 1977 SC 1680; (1977) 2 SCC 806
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CW-1977-0003Etah, Uttar PradeshJudgment 4 April 1977
State of Uttar Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector (confirmed)
The Supreme Court on 4 April 1977 allowed the State's appeal and dismissed former sub-inspector 's suit, leaving his 1954 corruption-based dismissal intact. The Court found that two cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code had been registered against the confirmed Etah SI following an anonymous complaint, and that he had been dismissed by the Deputy Inspector-General. It held that his plea that only the Inspector-General could dismiss him under Article 311(1) ought to have been raised in his earlier writ petition and was barred by constructive res judicata. The merits of the corruption charges were not re-examined, and no compensation was ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 4 April 1977 in Civil Appeal No. 2339 of 1968, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: P. N. Shinghal, Y. V. Chandrachud, P. K. Goswami, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector (confirmed), Etah, Uttar Pradesh Police.
- Register number
- UP 82 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Civil Appeal No. 2339 of 1968 / AIR 1977 SC 1680; (1977) 2 SCC 806
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: P. N. Shinghal, Y. V. Chandrachud, P. K. Goswami, JJ.), 4 April 1977
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector (confirmed), Etah, Uttar Pradesh Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Two cases were registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code.” (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.
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Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 4 April 1977 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Two cases were registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code.” (para n/a)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.