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Cabinet Gives Nod to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018(04.04.2018)
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has given its approval to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018 for better protection and.....
Tags : Human rights, bill, Amendment
Out of the barrel and into the chamber(08.07.2016)
What started out as a petition against extra-judicial executions by the armed forces in the north-eastern states of the country roused the Supreme Cou.....
Tags : north east, fake encounter, human rights, proxy war, terrorism
Judgments
State Human Rights Commission is only a recommendatory body and has no power and jurisdiction to direct payment of compensation.(07.11.2017)
The present petition is filed by the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (Petitioner) for challenging the order passed by the Chhattisgarh Human Righ.....
Tags : Human Rights Commission, Compensation, Recommendatory Authority
High Court cannot deliberate on constitutional validity of own accord(18.03.2016)
Meghalaya High Court’s suo moto cognizance on provisions in the Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014 pertaining to appointment of the Chairperson and Members.....
Tags : Suo moto, constitutional validity, human rights
News
NHRC Notices UP Government over Death of Asthma Patient in Ambulance(14.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to UP Government over death of an asthma patient because of an empty oxygen cylinder in ambu.....
Tags : NHRC, National Human Rights Commission
NHRC Seeks Report from Kerala Government over Custodial Death(14.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Kerala Government over death of a man from Tamil Nadu in police custody after he was ar.....
Tags : NHRC, National Human Rights Commission, Custodial Death
NHRC Notices TN Government over Death of Three Girls in Road Mishap(17.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Tamil Nadu government over reported death of three college girls in a road accident invol.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, road accident
NHRC Notices Maharashtra Government over Death of 740 Tribal Students(19.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) while taking suo motu cognizance of news reports that 740 students of Residential Schools (ashramshalas) in tr.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, ashramshalas, Tribal Students
NHRC Seeks State Govt't Report on 52 Child Deaths in Jharkhand(30.08.2017)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a report related to death of 52 infants at Jamshedpur’s Mahatma Gandhi Memori.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission
Supreme Court Fines Seven States Over Status of Human Rights Courts(14.08.2019)
Supreme Court has slapped penalty of up to Rs. 1 lakh on seven states for failing to file responses on setting up human rights courts despite its dire.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Human Rights
Tel. HC: SHRC Can’t Adjudicate Upon Property Disputes(07.08.2023)
Telangana High Court has observed that as per G.Manikyamma v. Roudri Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. (MANU/SC/1097/2014) it is evident that Section 1.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, State Human Rights Commission, Property Dispute
NHRC: Chhattisgarh Govt Guilty Of Abetting Ghastly Salwa Judum Crimes, Cover-Up Ops(14.11.2017)
National Human Rights Commission has come down heavily on the Chhattisgarh government for abetting the ghastly Salwa Judum crimes in the state and tur.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission
ECHR Agrees with Austrian Court Order that Fined Woman for Defaming Prophet Muhammad(22.11.2018)
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed with the order of an Austrian Court by which it has fined a woman for her statements against Prophet .....
Tags : European Court of Human Rights, Australian Court, Prophet Muhammad
Bombay HC Grants Maharashtra Government to Fill Up Vacancies in Human Rights Commission(24.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has granted the Maharashtra Government one last chance to fill up vacancies in the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission while h.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Vacancies in Human Rights Commission
Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too(29.11.2017)
Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too
Tags : The Westminster Magistrates' Court had earlier this month rejected India’s extradition request for a UK-based alleged bookie, on the grounds that his human rights would be violated in Delhi’s notoriously overcrowded Tihar Jail.
NHRC Issues Human Rights Advisory for Protection of LGBTQI+ Rights(21.10.2020)
National Human Rights Commission has issued the "Human Rights Advisory for Protection of the Rights of LGBTQI+ community in context of COVID-19 pandem.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Protection of LGBTQI+ Rights
NHRC Issues Notice to Four States Citing Adverse Impact on Industries, Transportation(15.09.2021)
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to four states, calling upon them to submit their respective Action Taken Reports with regard to th.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Adverse Impact on Industries, Transportation
Madras HC Upholds State Human Rights Commission’s Orders(14.12.2015)
Madras High Court has upheld order of Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission directing a woman Sub Inspector to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000 to an empl.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission
Delhi HC Permits NHRC to Intervene in Hashimpura Massacre Case(14.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has allowed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to intervene in appeals filed by victims of Hashimpura massacre of 1987, in which.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, National Human Rights Commission
NHRC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Hathras Gang Rape Case(01.10.2020)
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government, asking it file a report, taking suo moto cognizance of the "seriou.....
Tags : National human Rights Commission, Hathras Gang-Rape Case
NHRC Issues Notice to Govt. on Amnesty's Decision to Close India Operations(01.10.2020)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) takes suo motu cognizance of the matter and directs issuance of the notice to the Home Secretary, Ministry of .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International
NHRC Issues Notice to Delhi Govt Over Increasing Incidents Of Violence Among Tihar Jail Inmates(29.09.2021)
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging increasing incidents of violence among inmates in the.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Violence Among Tihar Jail Inmates
Supreme Court Notices NHRC over Plea Seeking Law on Custodial Torture(10.01.2017)
Supreme Court has sent to notice National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea seeking framing of an effective law to prevent torture and inhuman .....
Tags : Supreme Court , National Human Rights Commission, Custodial Torture
Appoint Manipur Human Rights Commission’s Office-Bearers Within 3 Months: Manipur High Court(19.01.2018)
Manipur High Court has directed the state to appoint the chairperson and the members of the Manipur Human Rights Commission within a period of three m.....
Tags : Manipur High Court, Human Rights
SC Pulls Up States Over No 'Human Rights Court'(15.01.2019)
Supreme Court has pulled up states for not setting up 'Human Rights Courts' yet and observed that there is no reason why the state governments should .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Human Rights Court
Madras High Court: Forced Abstinence is Violation of Human Rights(25.11.2019)
Madras High Court has suo motu enhanced the compensation awarded to N.Ananda Kumar while dismissing an appeal from the Commissioner, Corporation of C.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Human Rights
J&K HC: Residents Facing Grievances in Violation of Human Rights May Approach NHRC(23.12.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the residents of Jammu and Kashmir, if having any grievance regarding violation of their human rights, may .....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Residents facing Violation of Human Rights
Kerala HC: Puttingal Temple Fire Tragedy Should be Inquired by CBI(12.04.2016)
Kerala HC, while hearing Justice Chidambaresh's plea seeking ban on high decibel firecrackers, has observed that Puttingal temple fire tragedy should .....
Tags : Kerala HC, Puttingal temple fire tragedy , National Human Rights Commission
Bombay High Court: State Doesn’t Seem To Value Human Rights Panel(14.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has said that State Government does not seem to care about State Human Rights Commission despite rise in instances of human rights v.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, State Human Rights Commission
NHRC Seeks Report from Telangana DGP on Complaint of Police Harassment of Anti-CAA Protester(29.01.2020)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) on January 22 on a complaint alleging .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Telangana DGP
NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Media Reports on Killing of Civilians in Nagaland(08.12.2021)
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of media reports on the killing of at least 14 civilians in Oting village .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Killing of Civilians in Nagaland
U.S. Supreme Court Shields Corporations from Human-Rights Suits(25.04.2018)
U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that victims of overseas atrocities can’t use a centuries-old law to sue foreign corporations for complicity, blunting wh.....
Tags : U.S. Supreme Court, Human Rights
NHRC Issues Notices to Chief Secretaries of Odisha, Chhattisgarh on Hirakud Displacement(02.03.2021)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the action taken to alleviate the .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Hirakud Displacement
Supreme Court to Centre: Appoint NHRC Director General Within One Week(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court has directed Centre to appoint a Director General in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) within a week.
Tags : Supreme Court, National Human Rights Commission, Director General
NHRC Issues Show Cause Notice to Commissioner of Delhi Police Against Illegal Arrest(07.01.2022)
National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, as to why compensation of Rs. 1,00,000/- should not be give.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Commissioner of Delhi Police, Abuse of Power
OHCHR Urges Indian Government to Release Bhima Koregaon Activists(25.01.2021)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the United Nations has urged the Indian government to release the activists who are in pri.....
Tags : Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bhima Koregaon Activists
Madras HC: Non-Provision of Certain Amenities for Disabled Inmate is Not a Serious HR Violation(02.12.2022)
Madras High Court while hearing plea for enhanced compensation for alleged human rights violation during arrest and subsequent time in jail, has held .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Human Rights, Disabled
Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre Over Delay in Filling Vacancies in SHRCs(02.05.2018)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and several states on a plea against the delay in filling up the vacancies in the State Human Rights Com.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Human Rights
Supreme Court: Overcrowding Prisons a Violation of Human Rights(14.05.2018)
Supreme Court has expressed concern about overcrowding in prisons across the country, in some cases beyond 150% of the capacity, and asked all the Hig.....
Tags : Human Rights, Supreme Court
Bombay High Court Seeks Government’s Reply on Human Rights Panel’s Request for Office Premises(19.03.2018)
Bombay High Court has sought a reply from the Maharashtra government after the state human rights commission approached the court with a rather odd re.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Human Rights
Madras HC: Recommendations of SHRC into Human Rights Violation Binding on Government(08.02.2021)
Madras High Court has held that recommendations made by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), after a full-fledged inquiry into allegations of hum.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Human Rights Violation
Kar. HC: SHRC Can Only Suggest State Government Regarding Action Against Policemen(11.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has restated that the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) can only suggest State Government to act against policemen and lacks t.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, State Human Rights Commission, State Government
CIC: Impediment in Self Defence in Penal Proceedings is Violation of Human Rights(29.06.2018)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that it is the human right of a person accused of sexual harassment in his capacity as a citizen and acc.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Human Rights
NHRC Issues Notice to U.P. DGP Over Police Framing Dhaba Owner(26.03.2021)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) over policemen allegedly framing an ea.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Dhaba Owner
NHRC Awards Compensation of Rs 50,000 over Delay in Registration of FIR(27.07.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded a compensation of Rs 50,000 to a 25-year-old woman from Ghaziabad owing to a delay of three months.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission , Compensation
NHRC Seeks Government Response on Chitrakoot Prison Firing Incident(19.05.2021)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought response from the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police and local and prison authorities of Chit.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Chitrakoot Prison Firing Incident
NHRC Issues Notice to Bengal Government, Police on Birbhum Incident(25.03.2022)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the West Bengal Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police over the violence in .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Birbhum Incident
NHRC Takes Cognizance of Mother Pulling Suitcase with Exhausted Kid Sleeping(18.05.2020)
National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child sleeping on it .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Mother Pulling Suitcase with Exhausted Kid Sleeping
NHRC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Post-Poll Violence in West Bengal(05.05.2021)
National Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto cognizance taking note of several media reports published in various newspapers on May 4, 2021, re.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Post-Poll Violence in West Bengal
NHRC Issues Notice on Complaint of Farmers’ Protest Violating Covid-19 Norms(26.05.2021)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments on a complaint that farmers’ protests v.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Farmers’ Protest
National Human Rights Commission Issues Notice to CBI Over Alleged Torture of Ex-Bureaucrat Bansal(30.09.2016)
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to CBI over the alleged torture of suspended senior bureaucrat BK Bansal and his family that led to.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, CBI, Bansal
NHRC Notice to UP Govt Over Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy(16.08.2017)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), while taking suo motu cognizance of media reports over Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, has issued notice to Gover.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Gorakhpur hospital
Rajya Sabha Passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019(23.07.2019)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amid Opposition call to refer the Bill to a select committee. The Bill f.....
Tags : Rajya Sabha, Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019
NHRC Notices DGP, Jharkhand Over Mob Lynching of 7 on Suspicion of Being Child Kidnappers(24.05.2017)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report on mob lynching of seven persons on suspicion of being child k.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Jharkhand , Mob Lynching
NHRC Seeks Report From Jharkhand on Abduction, Recruitment of Children By Maoists(24.05.2017)
National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Government of Jharkhand, calling for a report after taking suo motu cognizance of a news artic.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Jharkhand , Maoists
NHRC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Vizag Gas Leak(08.05.2020)
National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of eight persons and over five thousand others falling.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Vizag Gas Leak
NHRC Issues Notice on Viral News of Corpses Found Floating in River Ganga(14.05.2021)
National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Centre and the Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over the viral news of corpses found .....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, Corpses Found Floating in River Ganga
Bom. HC: Unpaid Compensation for 36 Years is Violative of Constitutional & Human Rights(03.08.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that failure of authorities to pay compensation to individual whose land was acquired, even after 36 years of acquisition c.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Human Rights, Compensation
Kerala High Court: Human Rights Commission Does not Have Unlimited Jurisdiction(26.07.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that the Human Rights Commission does not have unlimited jurisdiction and that it cannot exercise plenary powers in der.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Human Rights Commission
NHRC Notices Odisha Government over Fire at SUM Hospital(20.10.2016)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), while taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, has issued a notice to Odisha Government on the fire at SU.....
Tags : National Human Rights Commission, SUM hospital, fire
Supreme Court: NHRC Reduced to 'Toothless Tiger', Must be Endowed with More Powers(17.07.2017)
Supreme Court has expressed regret over reduction of the National Human Rights Commission to a “toothless tiger”.
Tags : Supreme Court, Human Rights
Andhra Pradesh HC: Government Should Locate State Human Rights Commission Within State(06.07.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has indicated to the government that it should locate the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) within the State of Andhra Pr.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, State Human Rights Commission