# Delhi Woman v. Delhi Administration & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 1993 in Writ Petition No. 728/1991, the Supreme Court of India returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: DL 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 728/1991 / LAWS(SC)-1993-3-147
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India, 19 March 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Taking into consideration all the facts on record, we are of the view that the Delhi Administration should give to the petitioner Smt. Veer Bala compensation of Rs. 3,00,000.00 within four weeks from today as an immediate measure.” (at para 2)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=003991911100&Title=MRS.-VEER-BALA-Vs.-DELHI-ADMINISTRATION-AND-OTHERS); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0002)

**Record:** CW-1993-0002 (compiler id CWC-0458); case SWCUSTOD-029
**Title:** Delhi Woman v. Delhi Administration & Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 728/1991 / LAWS(SC)-1993-3-147
**Judgment:** 1993-03-19 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-08-21 (1990)
**Place:** North West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS Model Town; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police; Police personnel, PS Model Town, Delhi Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court order (19 March 1993, text served at the primary source) directed Delhi Administration to pay Smt. Veer Bala Rs 3,00,000 within four weeks as immediate relief (Rs 50,000 each in fixed deposit for her two minor children, Rs 2,00,000 for maintenance/education; without prejudice to higher claims) for the death of her husband \[name withheld\] in police custody on the night of 21/22 August 1990 at PS Model Town, and recorded that prosecution sanctions would reach the CBI by 23.3.93 with charge-sheets to follow. The 1993 order names no officer. The CBI chargesheet (per Delhi HC 28 August 2001, Crl. A. 192/1995 etc.) framed ss.304/34 + 342/34 charges against \[name withheld\] \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\], and s.218/109 charges against \[name withheld\] and SDM R.S. Yadav; the trial court convicted \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\] (ss.342, 304-II/34) and Yadav (s.218); the High Court set all convictions aside and acquitted all of them, dismissing the State appeal (Crl. A. 18/1996). Later proceedings noted in the ledger: the Delhi High Court on 28 August 2001 set aside the related trial-court convictions and acquitted \[name withheld\] \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] of all charges (no conviction had been recorded against \[name withheld\], and the State appeal was dismissed); the compensation direction in this record stands on this judgment's own findings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Taking into consideration all the facts on record, we are of the view that the Delhi Administration should give to the petitioner Smt. Veer Bala compensation of Rs. 3,00,000.00 within four weeks from today as an immediate measure.

**Sources (3):** [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=003991911100&Title=MRS.-VEER-BALA-Vs.-DELHI-ADMINISTRATION-AND-OTHERS); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/177208/); [amnesty.org](https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa200261993en.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 2
**display title redacted:** Delhi Woman v. Delhi Administration & Ors.
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'officers', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1993-03-19', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'LAWS(SC)-1993-3-147', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=003991911100&Title=MRS.-VEER-BALA-Vs.-DELHI-ADMINISTRATION-AND-OTHERS', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/177208/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa200261993en.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** SC awarded Rs 3L compensation for Model Town custodial death; prosecution directed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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