The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.
In the wake of the recent student deaths in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, the Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance on the issue related to safety norms in the coaching centres.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of reports that 12 inmates died within one month between July 15 and July 31 at a Delhi government-run shelter home, Asha Kiran, for people with mental impairments in Rohini.
The NHRC in a statement said that it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that at one of the warehouses of a multi-national company in Haryana's Manesar "a 24-year-old worker was asked to pledge that they would not take toilet or water breaks until they finished unloading packages
The National Commission for Women took suo motu cognisance of the finding of a woman's body and asked the Noida Police to arrest the accused as soon as possible and file a comprehensive action report within three days.
The court termed it a "serious matter", and issued notice to the President, Secretary of the Jan path Diwani Bar Association Gautam Budh Nagar and SSP Gautam Budh Nagar.
The Supreme Court on Thursday has taken suo motu cognisance on the issue relating to Madhya Pradesh's seeking judicial services rule excluding visually impaired candidates from seeking appointment in the judicial service of Madhya Pradesh.
The State Human Rights Commission on Monday filed a voluntary case in the blast incident that claimed one life and left several injured at a firecracker storage unit in Kerala's Ernakulam district.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the National Commission for Women had issued a direction to the Tamil Nadu police to register a case against the actor.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday suo motu cognisance of a media report of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, who were electrocuted after they stepped on a live wire that lay unattended on a sidewalk near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area of Bengaluru on Novem
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports highlighting the deteriorating air quality in the National Capital and sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Centre, Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi.