# Madurai Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 September 2010 in W.P.(MD) No.424 of 2007, the Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector of Police, Thirunagar Police Station, Madurai District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15,000.

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0006
- Case reference: W.P.(MD) No.424 of 2007
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K. Chandru, J.), 14 September 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Thirunagar Police Station, Madurai District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The petitioner had clearly violated the directives of the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu v. State of W.B., reported in (1997) 1 SCC 416.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 15,000.
- 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/811872/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0034)

**Record:** CW-2010-0034 (compiler id CWC-1282); case GAP3-85-011
**Title:** Madurai Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K. Chandru
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(MD) No.424 of 2007
**Judgment:** 2010-09-14 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-01-01 (2003)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Thirunagar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 s.18; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Thirunagar Police Station, Madurai District (1 in record)
**Victims:** Madurai woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 15,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Woman Sub-Inspector challenged the SHRC recommendation of Rs.15,000 compensation to a Madurai woman, recoverable from her salary, for detaining a Madurai woman for four days at Thallakulam police station and beating her with a lathi during a 2003 murder investigation. The court found that she had clearly violated the Supreme Court's D.K. Basu directives, including the bar on bringing women to the station for enquiry and detaining them after sunset. Following earlier authority upholding identical SHRC-plus-recovery orders, the court dismissed the writ petition with no costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The petitioner had clearly violated the directives of the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu v. State of W.B., reported in (1997) 1 SCC 416.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/811872/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 6
**display title redacted:** Madurai Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission and Others
**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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-09-14', '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 15,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(MD) No.424 of 2007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/811872/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** HC dismissed woman SI's writ; upheld SHRC Rs.15,000 compensation with recovery for 4-day detention and lathi injuries.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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