The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of a media report on the plight of inmates of a Delhi Government Shelter Home in the Nizamuddin area.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took cognizance of the Howrah violence during Ram Navami festivities and issued a notice to the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) and district's Commissioner, seeking to submit a report within two weeks.
Expressing serious concern over the reported hooch tragedy, the Commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Bihar calling for a detailed report within six weeks.
The notices have also been issued to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Uttarakhand calling for a detailed report in the instant case of the death of an inmate at the Dehradun Rehab Centre.
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken cognizance of complaints alleging that two brothers Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were killed by miscreants in police custody in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on April 15, 2023," NHRC said in a statement.
It has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna, and the Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation calling for a detailed report in the matter within six weeks.
After taking suo moto cognizance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in two different incidents in Jhajjar and Bharuch Districts of Haryana and Gujarat respectively, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India on Thursday issued notices to both the State gover
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on Tuesday, informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that a total of 1164 cases pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been registered with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from October 1, 2019, till Dec
Dr Dnyaneshwar Manohar Mulay, a member of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC today said that without proactive cooperation from different stakeholders, the human rights of Indian Seafarers will remain an area of concern.
A total of 669 cases of death in police custody were registered across the country in the last five years from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre, States and Union Territories over the reported high death rate of workers in accidents in the registered factories and the measures taken for ensuring the protection of their human rights.