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 "display_title": "Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.",
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 "case_title": "Chennai Resident v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.",
 "case_number": "W.A. No. 1130 of 2006 and W.P. No. 24160 of 2006",
 "citation": "(2007) 4 MLJ 849",
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  "Constitution Art 226"
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  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 18,
   "gender": "transgender",
   "descriptor": "Chennai resident, age 18"
  }
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
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 "compensation_inr": 500000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/46_Jayalakshmi_v_State_of_Tamil_Nadu.pdf",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. the survivor, an 18-year-old transgender youth on bail with a daily-reporting condition at P-3 Vyasarpadi police station, was subjected to sustained physical and sexual torture by station personnel during his reporting visits. He self-immolated opposite the station on 12 June 2006 and died of burn injuries on 29 June 2006. Relying on the Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry report, fabricated general-diary entries, a tampered accident register and the dying declaration, the Division Bench held the suicide was solely in consequence of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8. It directed the State to pay Rs.5 lakhs compensation, ordered disciplinary action against the five policemen, and left the State free to recover the amount from them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "the survivor, an 18-year-old transgender youth on bail with a daily-reporting condition at P-3 Vyasarpadi police station, was subjected to sustained physical and sexual torture by station personnel during his reporting visits. He self-immolated opposite the station on 12 June 2006 and died of burn injuries on 29 June 2006. Relying on the Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry report, fabricated general-diary entries, a tampered accident register and the dying declaration, the Division Bench held the suicide was solely in consequence of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8. It directed the State to pay Rs.5 lakhs compensation, ordered disciplinary action against the five policemen, and left the State free to recover the amount from them.",
 "court_quote": "only because of the conduct of respondents 4 to 8, the said [the survivor] has attempted to commit suicide and ultimately succumbed to the injuries on 29.06.2006",
 "court_quote_para": "20",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Madras HC Division Bench partly allowed W.A. 1130/2006: police torture drove victim to self-immolation; Rs.5L compensation plus disciplinary action against R4-R8.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Custodial torture",
   "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"
  }
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  {
   "date": "2007-07-10",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Madras High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "(2007) 4 MLJ 849",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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   "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",
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