The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Inspector challenged the recovery of Rs.76,000 from his salary toward the Rs.3.8 lakh compensation paid to Tmt. Meena for the 1993 custodial death of her husband [name withheld] at the E-2 Royapettah lock-up. The court found that the earlier compensation order fixing joint tort responsibility on five policemen, with liberty to recover from them, had become final without appeal and after hearing him. The court held that neither his criminal acquittal nor the quashing of departmental proceedings could defeat the tort recovery. The writ petition was dismissed with no costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 November 2009 in W.P. No.12599 of 2009, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to the Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Chennai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3.8 lakh (Rs 3,80,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 5 November 2009 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Holding not recorded separately.
“The payment of compensation arose out of a tort liability of the State in which the petitioner also had a joint responsibility in compensating for such tortious acts.” (para 9)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 380,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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