# Kudimangalam Man v. Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 July 2022 in W.P. Nos.32765 & 32766 of 2014 and W.M.P. No.11454 of 2017, the Madras High Court (Coram: G. Chandrasekharan, J.) returned findings adverse to 8 police personnel, namely: Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Woman Police Constable, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Grade I Police Constable, Udumalpet Police Station, Tiruppur District; Head Constable, Keeranur Police Station, Dindigul District, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15 lakh (Rs 15,00,000).

- Register number: TN 39 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P. Nos.32765 & 32766 of 2014 and W.M.P. No.11454 of 2017 / 2022 SCC OnLine Mad 3751
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: G. Chandrasekharan, J.), 20 July 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Woman Police Constable, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Grade I Police Constable, Udumalpet Police Station, Tiruppur District; Head Constable, Keeranur Police Station, Dindigul District
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, they violated the fundamental right of the deceased \[name withheld\] for competent medical treatment.” (at para 75)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 15 lakh (Rs 15,00,000).
- 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/94827260/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0031)

**Record:** CW-2022-0031 (compiler id CWC-1300); case GAP3-89-005
**Title:** Kudimangalam Man v. Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: G. Chandrasekharan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. Nos.32765 & 32766 of 2014 and W.M.P. No.11454 of 2017 / 2022 SCC OnLine Mad 3751
**Judgment:** 2022-07-20 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-10-31 (2014)
**Place:** Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu; city town: Kudimangalam; police station or unit: Kudimangalam Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Sub-Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Inspector of Police, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Woman Police Constable, Kudimangalam Police Station, Tiruppur District; Grade I Police Constable, Udumalpet Police Station, Tiruppur District; Head Constable, Keeranur Police Station, Dindigul District (7 in record)
**Victims:** Kudimangalam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 15 lakh (Rs 15,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. A Kudimangalam man met with a road accident on 31.10.2014 within Kudimangalam Police Station limits, was admitted to Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital, and died unidentified on 13.11.2014 without any FIR being registered, despite the accident having been intimated to the station and family visits with a missing-person notice. On 20.07.2022 the Madras High Court held the Kudimangalam police personnel and hospital staff had failed their public duty and constitutional mandate, violating the deceased's fundamental right to competent medical treatment and letting him die as an orphan. The Court awarded Rs.15,00,000 compensation at 6% interest, recoverable from the responsible police officials and medical staff, and ordered the SP, Tiruppur to have the accident reinvestigated by an officer not below DSP rank with a supplementary final report within three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, they violated the fundamental right of the deceased \[name withheld\] for competent medical treatment.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94827260/); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/08/04/allowed-to-die-as-an-orphan-without-any-efforts-taken-for-identifying-his-name-address-wife-and-children-madras-high-court-directs-compensation-to-the-family/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 75
**display title redacted:** Kudimangalam Man v. Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu 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': '2022-07-20', '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 1,500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2022 SCC OnLine Mad 3751', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94827260/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/08/04/allowed-to-die-as-an-orphan-without-any-efforts-taken-for-identifying-his-name-address-wife-and-children-madras-high-court-directs-compensation-to-the-family/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 held Kudimangalam police violated accident victim's right to care; Rs.15 lakh compensation plus DSP-rank reinvestigation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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