23 Nov 2022
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.
Disciplinary action · Procedural only.
Source: 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1617
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CW-2022-0034Kolkata, West BengalJudgment 23 November 2022
Union of India & Ors. v. CISF Constable
The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Constable of the CISF Unit at Kolkata Port Trust was on armed C-shift guard at the Alif Nagar Scrap Yard, Garden Reach, on the night of 7/8 November 2007, when about 800 kg of copper wire was stolen from the yard and intercepted by local police outside the port. Charged with gross negligence and dereliction of duty plus an incorrigible record of eight punishments in thirteen years, he was dismissed on 27 November 2008 after inquiry, upheld in departmental appeal and revision. A Single Judge of the Calcutta High Court substituted compulsory retirement and the Division Bench ordered reinstatement with back wages. The Supreme Court held the dismissal commensurate with the misconduct and past record, allowed the Union appeals, dismissed the constable appeals and restored the dismissal.
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By judgment dated 23 November 2022 in Civil Appeal Nos. 7939-7942 of 2022, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: D.Y. Chandrachud, Hima Kohli, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, CISF Unit KoPT Kolkata.
- Register number
- WB 01 CW 0009
- Case reference
- Civil Appeal Nos. 7939-7942 of 2022 / 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1617
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: D.Y. Chandrachud, Hima Kohli, JJ.), 23 November 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, CISF Unit KoPT Kolkata
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In our view, the penalty of dismissal from service imposed on the respondent is commensurate with the gross negligence and dereliction of duty on his part.” (at para 30)
- 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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“In our view, the penalty of dismissal from service imposed on the respondent is commensurate with the gross negligence and dereliction of duty on his part.” (para 30)
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19 Sep 2026
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