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Perturbed over the callous attitude of judicial officers in trial courts, the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to award compensation of Rs 2 lakh to a widow who has been languishing in the Yerwada Central Prison in Pune for three years.
Justice Hemant Gokhale and Justice S.S. Parkar, in a recent order, also directed the Principal Sessions Judge to conduct an inquiry into gross dereliction of duty by judicial officials who were responsible for illegal detention of Prema Bangar Swamy.
The judges observed that if the officials were found guilty of dereliction of duty, the state could recover part of the compensation amount from the concerned officers even from their pension. One officer is no more while another one had retired, the court was told.
