C.Charles v. The Registrar
Case brief
What is this about?
Search terms: writ of certiorari under Article 226 against State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) order; set aside and remanded for fresh consideration; opportunity to produce documents and witnesses not earlier placed before quasi-judicial authority; impermissible to examine unproduced evidence; SHRC Case No. 1476 of 2019, order dated 16.05.2022; compensation and recovery recommendation with disciplinary proceedings; Kundrathur Police Station, Crime No. 403/2019; Madras High Court disposed writ petition; no costs. Useful for arguments on remand to SHRC/Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission for de novo evidence and on the limits of judicial interference where evidence was not produced before the original forum.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of: impugned SHRC order dated 16.05.2022 in S.H.R.C. Case No. 1476 of 2019 set aside and matter remanded to the SHRC for re-consideration; liberty to petitioners and second respondent to produce oral and documentary evidence; SHRC to act in accordance with law expeditiously; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition (WMP No. 23598 of 2022) closed.