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 "case_title": "Kudimangalam Man v. Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu and Others",
 "case_number": "W.P. Nos.32765 & 32766 of 2014 and W.M.P. No.11454 of 2017",
 "citation": "2022 SCC OnLine Mad 3751",
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 "judgment_date": "2022-07-20",
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 "incident_date": "2014-10-31",
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   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Kudimangalam man"
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
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 "compensation_inr": 1500000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94827260/",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Kudimangalam man met with a road accident on 31.10.2014 within Kudimangalam Police Station limits, was admitted to Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital, and died unidentified on 13.11.2014 without any FIR being registered, despite the accident having been intimated to the station and family visits with a missing-person notice. On 20.07.2022 the Madras High Court held the Kudimangalam police personnel and hospital staff had failed their public duty and constitutional mandate, violating the deceased's fundamental right to competent medical treatment and letting him die as an orphan. The Court awarded Rs.15,00,000 compensation at 6% interest, recoverable from the responsible police officials and medical staff, and ordered the SP, Tiruppur to have the accident reinvestigated by an officer not below DSP rank with a supplementary final report within three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "A Kudimangalam man met with a road accident on 31.10.2014 within Kudimangalam Police Station limits, was admitted to Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital, and died unidentified on 13.11.2014 without any FIR being registered, despite the accident having been intimated to the station and family visits with a missing-person notice. On 20.07.2022 the Madras High Court held the Kudimangalam police personnel and hospital staff had failed their public duty and constitutional mandate, violating the deceased's fundamental right to competent medical treatment and letting him die as an orphan. The Court awarded Rs.15,00,000 compensation at 6% interest, recoverable from the responsible police officials and medical staff, and ordered the SP, Tiruppur to have the accident reinvestigated by an officer not below DSP rank with a supplementary final report within three months.",
 "court_quote": "Thus, they violated the fundamental right of the deceased [name withheld] for competent medical treatment.",
 "court_quote_para": "75",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC held Kudimangalam police violated accident victim's right to care; Rs.15 lakh compensation plus DSP-rank reinvestigation.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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   "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": "2022-07-20",
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   "status": "Concluded",
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   "description": "The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,500,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
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