The Bombay High Court has quashed an order passed by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) directing a police inspector to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation to a woman for dereliction in a probe into her son’s death, noting that the policeman was not given an opportunity to put forth his case.

A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithiviraj Chavan, in the judgment of August 9, quashed the commission’s order and directed it to hear the matter afresh. A copy of the order was made available on Tuesday. The court noted that the commission had not heard the petitioner, Abasaheb Anandrao Patil, posted with the Navi Mumbai crime branch, before passing the order against him.