Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

High Court and Supreme Court findings 2

• Nandigram Man & Ors vs State of West Bengal & Ors High Court / Supreme Court · 16 November 2007 · Rs 238 lakh (Rs 2,38,00,000) ordered
  The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. On 14 March 2007, West Bengal Police opened prolonged, indiscriminate gunfire on villagers protesting land acquisition in Nandigram, killing 14 persons, injuring 162, and sexually assaultin…
• Panskura Man vs State of West Bengal and Others High Court / Supreme Court · 31 January 1997 · Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000) ordered
  The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. A Panskura man, arrested with four others on 8 October 1994, was kept in the Panskura police lock-up without production before a Magistrate, mercilessly tortured, and died on 17 October 199…