The Bombay High Court held that the detention and arrest of elderly petitioner [name withheld] and her son [name withheld] by Vashi police was illegal and a blatant violation of the Supreme Court's D.K. Basu directives, as they were called to the station on the pretext of registering her complaint, detained, and produced as arrested persons without signed arrest panchanamas, station-diary support, or intimation of rights. The Court directed Rs 3,00,000 compensation to each petitioner within eight weeks with 10% interest on default plus Rs 15,000 costs. The officers' SLP (No.6534 of 2013) against the judgment was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 23 September 2013, as recorded in the Court's 16 October 2015 follow-up judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 13 June 2013 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1857 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: P. V. Hardas, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai; Senior Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).
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“However, the fact remains that the authorities have committed a blatant violation of the directives of the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu's case and the petition on that score deserves to succeed.” (para 14)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 600,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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