# Mrs. Guduvancherry Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 February 2026 in W.P. No. 14267 of 2021, the Madras High Court (Coram: Anita Sumanth, J., Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector of Police, Guduvancherry Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: TN 11 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P. No. 14267 of 2021 / 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 90
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: Anita Sumanth, J., Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J., JJ.), 1 February 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Guduvancherry Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Though the learned counsel for the petitioner tried to persuade us to interfere with the impugned order on the ground that the Respondent No.2 herein agreed to withdraw the complaint subject to payment of Rs.3,50,000/- during the course of her …” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/02/25/magitha-anna-christy-v-shrc-658270.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0007)

**Record:** CW-2026-0007 (compiler id CWC-0361); case TAMILN-008; aliases: CWC-0576
**Title:** Mrs. Guduvancherry Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: Anita Sumanth, J.; Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J.
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 14267 of 2021 / 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 90
**Judgment:** 2026-02-01 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2018-12-01 (2018)
**Place:** Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu (district at time: Kanchipuram); city town: Guduvancherry; police station or unit: Guduvancherry Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Article 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Guduvancherry Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Guduvancherry woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madras High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Sub-Inspector challenging an order of the State Human Rights Commission finding her guilty of custodial torture and awarding Rs 5 lakh compensation to victim \[name withheld\]. The Commission found that the officer assaulted the complainant with hands and lathi at Guduvancherry Police Station in December 2018, causing severe injuries across both knees, hands, and legs. The High Court observed that the serious allegations remained uncontroverted by the officer, indicating tacit admission, and deprecated her failure to file a counter or produce records. Finding no merit or grounds for interference under Article 226, the Division Bench left the compensation award and recommendation for disciplinary action intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Though the learned counsel for the petitioner tried to persuade us to interfere with the impugned order on the ground that the Respondent No.2 herein agreed to withdraw the complaint subject to payment of Rs.3,50,000/- during the course of her examination and thereby contending that the complaint is intended only to extract money from the petitioner, we are unable to agree with the said contention for the simple reason that the serious allegation of assault and abuse of power levelled against the petitioner herein in the complaint made before the respondent commission remained uncontroverted, thereby suggesting tacit admission on the part of the petitioner herein.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/02/25/magitha-anna-christy-v-shrc-658270.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-police-brutality-5-lakh-compensation-upheld-524520); [bharathorizon.com](https://bharathorizon.com/politics/law-order/madras-hc-backs-shrcs-rs-5-lakh-fine-for-police-si.html)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Mrs. Guduvancherry Woman vs The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu and Anr.
**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': '2026-02-01', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 90', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/02/25/magitha-anna-christy-v-shrc-658270.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-police-brutality-5-lakh-compensation-upheld-524520', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://bharathorizon.com/politics/law-order/madras-hc-backs-shrcs-rs-5-lakh-fine-for-police-si.html', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** High Court dismissed SI writ petition challenging SHRC order awarding Rs 5 lakh compensation and recommending disciplinary action for custodial torture.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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