India, April 24 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the state government to pay Rs.50,000 each in compensation to a lawyer and an ex-serviceman who were handcuffed by police, observing that the act amounted to unwarranted humiliation and a violation of their dignity.

A division bench of justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Nivedita Mehta held that law enforcement authorities must uphold not only legal procedure but also the rights and dignity of individuals.

The court ordered the compensation to be paid within eight weeks to advocate Yogeshwar Kawade and former serviceman Avinash Date, observing that the duo was subjected to an "unwarranted humiliation and indignity which cannot be done to any citizen of India" and hence they were entitle...