# New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 December 2003, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Vikramajit Sen, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj); Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0009
- Case reference: 108 (2003) DLT 718; 2004 (72) DRJ 644
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Vikramajit Sen, J.), 19 December 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj); Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “I am satisfied that there has been blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the imperatives enunciated in D.K. Basu's case, for which each of the Respondents is jointly as well as severally answerable and liable.” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1570002/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0013)

**Record:** CW-2003-0013 (compiler id CWC-0108); case DELHI-017
**Title:** New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Vikramajit Sen
**Case number / citation:** 108 (2003) DLT 718; 2004 (72) DRJ 644
**Judgment:** 2003-12-19 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-04-07 (2000)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi (Paharganj); police station or unit: Delhi Police (Paharganj); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj); Head Constable, Delhi Police (Paharganj) (4 in record)
**Victims:** New Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court (Vikramajit Sen, J.) awarded Rs 5,00,000 for the custodial death of three-wheeler driver \[name withheld\], arrested in a traffic challan case on 7 April 2000 and dead the next afternoon, holding blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the D.K. Basu imperatives for which each respondent was jointly and severally answerable. Though the inquest found no manhandling and death by cardiac failure, the Court held the failure to inform his wife — despite her rounds of the police station, police post and PCR — blameworthy, since informing the family could have flagged his bypass-surgery history and secured surety for bail. Rs 4,00,000 was to be paid by the State (respondents 1-2) and Rs 25,000 each by respondents 3 to 6, with Rs 10,000 in costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> I am satisfied that there has been blatant and blameworthy non-compliance with the imperatives enunciated in D.K. Basu's case, for which each of the Respondents is jointly as well as severally answerable and liable.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1570002/)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** New Delhi Woman vs Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi
**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': '2003-12-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '108 (2003) DLT 718; 2004 (72) DRJ 644', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1570002/', '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:** D.K. Basu violations caused custodial death; Rs 5L + costs verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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