(Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records in the impugned proceedings of the first respondent in SHRC.No.4325/2005 dated 7.9.2006 and quash the same.)

K. Chandru, J.

This writ petition is a classic case of a member of the Uniformed Services (the petitioner herein), at the behest of certain vested interests had caused grievous injury to a journalist and later, hauled up before the State Human Rights Commission [for short, 'SHRC']. The SHRC, after a proper trial, found the charges proved and ordered a compensation of Rs.25,000/- to be paid to the journalist (the husband of the second respondent herein), whose human rights were blatantly abused at the hands of the writ petitioner.

2. Little the writ petitioner realised that his duty was to protect the freedom of human beings of this country and not to act as a private agent of certain vested interests. In the name of discharging his duties, he has completely forgotten the constitutional values, which were evolved over the years in our war struggle against colonialism. The long way that we took to achieve our freedom was beautifully expressed b