COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS vs RAM KISHAN

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 28.08.2025 W.P.(C) 12527/2023 & CM APPL. 49420/2023, CM APPL. 67577/2024 COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Vikrant N. Goyal, Mr.Prince Balyan & Mr.Kunal Dixit, Advs versus RAM KISHAN .....Respondent Through: Mr.K.C. Mittal, Mr.Yugansh Mittal & Mr.Keshav Poonia, Advs CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed, challenging the Order dated 10.03.2023 passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’), in O.A. No. 1473/2018, titled Ram Kishan v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors., disposing of the said O.A. with the following directions: “8. Be that as it may, we are of this considered view that in the present case, the punishment is so strikingly disproportionate as to call for and justify interference in order to meet the end of justice, which is very harsh. Hence, we 2. To give a brief background of the facts in which the present petition arises, the respondent was proceeded departmentally by way of an inquiry initiated under the provisions of the De