Mohamed Haneef has reportedly been awarded about $1 million in compensation after he was wrongly detained on terrorism related charges in 2007.

Charges against the Indian born doctor were later dropped as prosecutors admitted bungling the case, and an independent inquiry cleared Dr Haneef of any wrongdoing.

Mohamed Haneef ... wrongly accused of terrorism in 2007. Credit:Karl Jeffs

Yesterday, Dr Haneef was awarded a substantial but confidential amount of compensation following negotiations with the federal government.

Now it has been reported by the Times of India that amount could be as much as $1 million.