'Should Hurt The State Next Time A Person Dies In Custody': Meghalaya High Court Calls For Punitive Compensation For Custodial Deaths

The Meghalaya High Court has asked the state government to fix a punitive rate of compensation for unnatural deaths in custody while adding that the quantum of compensation should be high enough to act as a deterrent against such deaths.Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice H.S. Thangkhiew observed,“It is possible that a classification may also be made as to quantum based on the age of...