CW-1993-0002North West Delhi, DelhiJudgment 19 March 1993

Delhi Woman v. Delhi Administration & Ors.

The Supreme Court order (19 March 1993, text served at the primary source) directed Delhi Administration to pay Smt. Veer Bala Rs 3,00,000 within four weeks as immediate relief (Rs 50,000 each in fixed deposit for her two minor children, Rs 2,00,000 for maintenance/education; without prejudice to higher claims) for the death of her husband [name withheld] in police custody on the night of 21/22 August 1990 at PS Model Town, and recorded that prosecution sanctions would reach the CBI by 23.3.93 with charge-sheets to follow. The 1993 order names no officer. The CBI chargesheet (per Delhi HC 28 August 2001, Crl. A. 192/1995 etc.) framed ss.304/34 + 342/34 charges against [name withheld] [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld], and s.218/109 charges against [name withheld] and SDM R.S. Yadav; the trial court convicted [name withheld], [name withheld] (ss.342, 304-II/34) and Yadav (s.218); the High Court set all convictions aside and acquitted all of them, dismissing the State appeal (Crl. A. 18/1996). Later proceedings noted in the ledger: the Delhi High Court on 28 August 2001 set aside the related trial-court convictions and acquitted [name withheld] [name withheld] and [name withheld] of all charges (no conviction had been recorded against [name withheld], and the State appeal was dismissed); the compensation direction in this record stands on this judgment's own findings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 1993 in Writ Petition No. 728/1991, the Supreme Court of India returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
DL 08 CW 0001
Case reference
Writ Petition No. 728/1991 / LAWS(SC)-1993-3-147
Court and date
Supreme Court of India, 19 March 1993
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Taking into consideration all the facts on record, we are of the view that the Delhi Administration should give to the petitioner Smt. Veer Bala compensation of Rs. 3,00,000.00 within four weeks from today as an immediate measure.” (at para 2)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 19 March 1993 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Taking into consideration all the facts on record, we are of the view that the Delhi Administration should give to the petitioner Smt. Veer Bala compensation of Rs. 3,00,000.00 within four weeks from today as an immediate measure.” (para 2)

Institutional response

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19 Mar 1993

Order issued

Concluded
Supreme Court of India External · Binding

The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: LAWS(SC)-1993-3-147
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Follow-up history

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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.

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