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

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/780492/smt-mohini-naraindas-kamwani-and-another-appellant-hash-sr-police-inspector-and-others-responden/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0027)

**Record:** CW-2013-0027 (compiler id CWC-0773); case GAP2-11-002
**Title:** Smt. Vashi, Navi Mumbai Woman and Another vs Sr. Police Inspector, Vashi and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: P. V. Hardas; Mridula Bhatkar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1857 of 2012 / (2014) ALL MR (Cri) 93; (2013) 06 BOM CK 0019
**Judgment:** 2013-06-13 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-01-27 (2012)
**Place:** Thane, Maharashtra; city town: Vashi, Navi Mumbai; police station or unit: Vashi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226; CrPC s.151
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai; Senior Police Inspector, Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai (2 in record)
**Victims:** Vashi, Navi Mumbai woman; Vashi, Navi Mumbai man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/780492/smt-mohini-naraindas-kamwani-and-another-appellant-hash-sr-police-inspector-and-others-responden/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/50987850/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58117e702713e1794788cdda)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Smt. Vashi, Navi Mumbai Woman and Another vs Sr. Police Inspector, Vashi 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-06-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 600,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2014) ALL MR (Cri) 93; (2013) 06 BOM CK 0019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/780492/smt-mohini-naraindas-kamwani-and-another-appellant-hash-sr-police-inspector-and-others-responden/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/50987850/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58117e702713e1794788cdda', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Primary login-walled; bench/award/SLP-dismissal corroborated by 2015 follow-up judgment; Kale rank corrected to Sr PI.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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