CW-2013-0027Thane, MaharashtraJudgment 13 June 2013

Smt. Vashi, Navi Mumbai Woman and Another vs Sr. Police Inspector, Vashi and Others

The Bombay High Court held that the detention and arrest of elderly petitioner [name withheld] and her son [name withheld] by Vashi police was illegal and a blatant violation of the Supreme Court's D.K. Basu directives, as they were called to the station on the pretext of registering her complaint, detained, and produced as arrested persons without signed arrest panchanamas, station-diary support, or intimation of rights. The Court directed Rs 3,00,000 compensation to each petitioner within eight weeks with 10% interest on default plus Rs 15,000 costs. The officers' SLP (No.6534 of 2013) against the judgment was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 23 September 2013, as recorded in the Court's 16 October 2015 follow-up judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 13 June 2013 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1857 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: P. V. Hardas, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai; Senior Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).

Register number
MH 04 CW 0005
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition No. 1857 of 2012 / (2014) ALL MR (Cri) 93; (2013) 06 BOM CK 0019
Court and date
Bombay High Court (Coram: P. V. Hardas, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.), 13 June 2013
Officer(s) at the material time
Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai; Senior Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Finding of the Court (extract)
“However, the fact remains that the authorities have committed a blatant violation of the directives of the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu's case and the petition on that score deserves to succeed.” (at para 14)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 13 June 2013 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“However, the fact remains that the authorities have committed a blatant violation of the directives of the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu's case and the petition on that score deserves to succeed.” (para 14)

Institutional response

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13 Jun 2013

Order issued

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Bombay High Court External · Binding

The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 600,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2014) ALL MR (Cri) 93; (2013) 06 BOM CK 0019
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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