30 yrs after losing job, Odisha constable gets justice from apex court

MORE than 30 years after a police constable of Odisha was discharged from service in 1995, the Supreme Court has come to his rescue and directed the state government to pay him ₹25 lakh as full and final payment.

- Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty @ New Delhi

The constable, Dolamani Bisi, is now about 55 years of age. The apex court was surprised to see and note that how Bisi had to run from pillar to post for getting justice as almost more than three decades passed during the entire process.

"We are of the opinion that the interest of justice will be subserved if we grant substantial compensation to the respondent (Bisi). We direct the petitioner (Odisha government) to pay an amount of ₹25,00,000 to the respondent as full and final payment towards all subsisting and future claims that may arise," the two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra said in the order.