# In Re: Ramlila Maidan Incident dated 4/5.06.2011 v. Home Secretary, Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 February 2012 in Suo Motu Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 122 of 2011, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. S. Chauhan, Swatanter Kumar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0019
- Case reference: Suo Motu Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 122 of 2011 / (2012) 5 SCC 1; \[2012\] 4 SCR 971
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. S. Chauhan, Swatanter Kumar, JJ.), 23 February 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Delhi Police (Ramlila Maidan crackdown force))
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Take disciplinary action against all the erring police officers/personnel who have indulged in brick-batting, have resorted to lathi charge and excessive use of tear gas shells upon the crowd, have exceeded their authority or have acted in a manner not …” (at para 234(a))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. 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/17021567/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0005)

**Record:** CW-2012-0005 (compiler id CWC-0511); case SWDISPRO-003
**Title:** In Re: Ramlila Maidan Incident dated 4/5.06.2011 v. Home Secretary, Union of India and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: B. S. Chauhan; Swatanter Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Suo Motu Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 122 of 2011 / (2012) 5 SCC 1; \[2012\] 4 SCR 971
**Judgment:** 2012-02-23 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-06-04 (2011)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: Delhi Police (Ramlila Maidan crackdown force); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court decided the suo motu case on the midnight 4/5 June 2011 police crackdown on Baba Ramdev sleeping supporters at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi, in which lathis, tear-gas shells and brick-batting were used to disperse the gathering, killing a Delhi woman and injuring many. The Court held the police action showed negligence and abuse of power with unjustifiable and brutal acts, while also finding contributory negligence by the organisers Trust. The Court directed disciplinary action against all erring police personnel irrespective of rank, registration of criminal cases, and ad hoc compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a Delhi woman kin, Rs 50,000 for grievous injuries and Rs 25,000 for simple injuries, with 25% of death/grievous awards payable by the Trust. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Take disciplinary action against all the erring police officers/personnel who have indulged in brick-batting, have resorted to lathi charge and excessive use of tear gas shells upon the crowd, have exceeded their authority or have acted in a manner not permissible under the prescribed procedures, rules or the standing orders and their actions have an element of criminality.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/17021567/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5767b133e691cb22da6d67a9); [lawsathi.in](https://lawsathi.in/judgements/pdf/sc/2012/en/2012_4_971_1152_EN.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**allegations:** {'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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 234(a)
**display title redacted:** In Re: Ramlila Maidan Incident dated 4/5.06.2011 v. Home Secretary, Union of India 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': '2012-02-23', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2012) 5 SCC 1; \[2012\] 4 SCR 971', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/17021567/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5767b133e691cb22da6d67a9', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawsathi.in/judgements/pdf/sc/2012/en/2012_4_971_1152_EN.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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 held midnight crackdown brutal; compensation plus disciplinary/criminal action directed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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