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 "display_title": "Thiruvananthapuram Man vs [name withheld] & Others",
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 "state": "Kerala",
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 "police_station_or_unit": "Vanchiyoor Police Station",
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 "case_title": "Thiruvananthapuram Man vs [name withheld] & Others",
 "case_number": "Civil Appeal Nos. 6637-6638 of 2018",
 "citation": "(2018) 10 SCC 804",
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  "Dipak Misra",
  "A.M. Khanwilkar",
  "D.Y. Chandrachud"
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 "judgment_date": "2018-09-14",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2018,
 "incident_date": "1994-11-30",
 "incident_year": 1994,
 "category": "Other",
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 "admin_subcategory": "false_implication_fabrication",
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 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [
  "Constitution of India Article 21",
  "Official Secrets Act 1923 s.3",
  "Official Secrets Act 1923 s.4"
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   "display": "Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch CID, Thiruvananthapuram"
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 "summary": "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.",
 "summary_verified": "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].",
 "court_quote": "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 trial, he is found not guilty.",
 "court_quote_para": "31",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Supreme Court held ISRO espionage prosecution malicious, awarded Rs. 50 lakh compensation to scientist a Thiruvananthapuram man and constituted Justice D.K. Jain Committee.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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   "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"
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   "date": "2018-09-14",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 5,000,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "(2018) 10 SCC 804",
   "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)",
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