The judgment of the Meghalaya High Court records the following account. On 14.05.2010, weekly market day at Langpih on the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam Police personnel fired on civilians, killing a Langpih man, a Langpih man, a Langpih man and a Langpih man and injuring several others; Assam contended a mob had attacked the border outpost. The States of Assam and Meghalaya had each paid Rs. 3 lakh ex-gratia per deceased during the pendency of the writ petitions. The Division Bench held the four deaths in Assam Police firing admitted, fixed strict public-law liability on the State of Assam for the Article 21 violation, and ordered a further Rs. 2 lakh per widow (Rs. 8 lakh total), payable by the State of Assam and the DGP Assam within three months, without prejudice to other legal remedies. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 31 January 2014 in WP(C) Nos. 144/2010, 145/2010, 146/2010 and 147/2010, the Meghalaya High Court (Coram: P.C. Pant, T. Nandakumar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000).
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“From the above discussions, we are of the considered view that the writ petitions of this nature for a direction to pay monetary compensation for the deprivation of the fundamental rights of the citizen and for the death of citizen …” (para 21-22)
The Meghalaya High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 800,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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