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recommended, compliance reports were received only in 33 cases, wherein a
total amount of Rs. 50,55,000 was paid to the victims/next of kin of the deceased.
The State and Union Territory-wise details of these cases are at Annexure-4.
2.26 As on 31 March 2016, compliance reports were awaited in 299 cases
wherein monetary relief amounting to Rs. 5,55,05,000/- was recommended
during the year. Out of these cases, the Commission’s recommendations to
the Railway Board in Case No. 984/34/15/08-09 (mentioned at Sl. No. 94 of
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deceased in 332 cases. Out of the 332 cases in which monetary relief was
Annexure-5), for payment of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs only) to Ms.
Sangeeta Devi, widow of the deceased Shri Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, has been
challenged by the Union of India through Assistant Security Commissioner
Prosecution, East Central Railway by filing of a Writ Petition (Civil) No.
5974/2015, in the High Court of Ranchi. The matter is pending in the High
Court. Further, the Government of Madhya Pradesh and the Government of
Maharashtra have conveyed their reluctance for compliance of the Commission’s
recommendations for payment of monetary relief to the victims or next-of-kin
of the deceased victim, in Case Nos. 2214/12/28/2013 and 2838/13/28/2012
respectively (see Sl. Nos. 105 and 115 of Annexure-5). In response, the
Commission has observed that it is now for the aggrieved persons to resort
to legal action for compliance of these recommendations and have closed the
cases.
2.27 Apart from the recommendations made for monetary relief, the
Commission in 30 cases also recommended disciplinary/departmental action
against the errant public servants. In Case No.5888/7/5/2015, pertaining
to custodial torture and false implication of one Smt. Nisha Singh, Councilor,
Ward 30, Gurgaon, Haryana, was challenged by Rani Devi, the wife of the errant
police official by filing a Civil Writ Petition No.24079/2016 before the High
Court of Punjab & Haryana in Chandigarh. The remaining 29 cases were closed
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