public law remedy

Custodial suicide compensation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court held that an unnatural death in police custody, including death by suicide, constitutes a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and attracts the State’s public law liability to compensate the victim’s family.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: On the issue of the scope of judicial review of action by the State in a matter arising from a