The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. ISRO scientist a Thiruvananthapuram man was maliciously arrested and subjected to custodial harassment and defamation by the Kerala Police in the fabricated 1994 ISRO espionage case. The Supreme Court held that the prosecution was initiated without basis and was malicious, causing severe mental agony and violating the appellant's fundamental right to life and liberty under Article 21. The Court awarded interim compensation of Rs. 50 lakhs to be paid by the State of Kerala under public law remedies. In addition, the Court constituted a committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice D.K. Jain to investigate the culpability of erring police officials including [name withheld], [name withheld], and [name withheld]. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 September 2018 in Civil Appeal Nos. 6637-6638 of 2018, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Deputy Inspector General, Kerala Police Special Investigation Team; Inspector, Special Branch, Thiruvananthapuram City; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch CID, Thiruvananthapuram, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50 lakh (Rs 50,00,000).
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“As stated earlier, the entire prosecution initiated by the State police was malicious and it has caused tremendous harassment and immeasurable anguish to the appellant. It is not a case where the accused is kept under custody and, eventually, after …” (para 31)
The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 5,000,000.
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