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 "record_id": "CW-1995-0008",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0693",
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 "display_title": "Kochi Resident vs State of Kerala and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Kochi Resident vs State of Kerala and Others",
 "state": "Kerala",
 "district": "Ernakulam",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Kochi",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Fort Cochin Police Station",
 "court": "Kerala High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Kerala High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Kochi Resident vs State of Kerala and Others",
 "case_number": null,
 "citation": "AIR 1996 Ker 71",
 "judges": [
  "K.K. Usha"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "1995-07-31",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1995,
 "incident_date": "1990-10-16",
 "incident_year": 1990,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "misconduct",
 "admin_subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory": "other",
 "subcategory_display": "other",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [],
 "officer_count": 0,
 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": null,
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Kochi resident"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 35000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/468805/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. On 16 October 1990, during a hartal-day riot in Mattancherry/Fort Cochin, a mob of about 100 armed persons looted the petitioner's vegetarian hotel although the police had been warned the previous day and had assured deployment. The petitioner's employee reported to Fort Cochin Police Station during the looting and the petitioner telephoned the station, the Assistant Commissioner and the control room, but the police did not react. The State contended it was practically impossible to protect every shop during a widespread riot. The court found the loss could have been avoided with adequate and timely steps, held the State liable in public law for violation of the petitioner's fundamental right, and awarded Rs.35,000 with 12% interest, leaving the State free to recover it from the negligent officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 16 October 1990, during a hartal-day riot in Mattancherry/Fort Cochin, a mob of about 100 armed persons looted the petitioner's vegetarian hotel although the police had been warned the previous day and had assured deployment. The petitioner's employee reported to Fort Cochin Police Station during the looting and the petitioner telephoned the station, the Assistant Commissioner and the control room, but the police did not react. The State contended it was practically impossible to protect every shop during a widespread riot. The court found the loss could have been avoided with adequate and timely steps, held the State liable in public law for violation of the petitioner's fundamental right, and awarded Rs.35,000 with 12% interest, leaving the State free to recover it from the negligent officers.",
 "court_quote": "I find that the 1st respondent is liable to compensate the petitioner for violation of his fundamental right.",
 "court_quote_para": "19",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment verified; Rs 35,000 state liability for police failure to prevent riot looting.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "tier_history": [
  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
 ],
 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Other",
   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "1995-07-31",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Kerala High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Kerala High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 35,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "AIR 1996 Ker 71",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "court_quote_para"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/468805/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
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  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
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 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
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 "verified_by": [
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 "merged_case_id": "GAP11-004",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}