Top Law News People’s respect for police declining: NHRC May 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on People’s respect for police declining: NHRC The people’s respect for the police is declining and so is the morale of the police, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Secretary General Rajiv Sharma said here Thursday. “Respect for police forces is eroding in the public. Morale of the police is also declining. This can be set right only by restoring poeple’s confidence in […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission People's respect for police declining
Top Law News NHRC urged to help woman who tried to end life April 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to help a woman who tried to end her life outside the Gurgaon deputy commissioners office on April 24 after being cheated in a land deal. The Bharatiya Janata Partys human rights cell has written to the NHRC chairman get the woman justice. We have requested the […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Partys human rights cell cheated in a land deal deputy commissioner P.C. Meena land deal National Human Rights Commission NHRC
Top Law News Media should highlight rights violations: NHRC April 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought the media’s help in highlighting rights violations in India. “NHRC wants the media to help it improve the situation of human rights in the country. The media should highlight the issue of human rights violations in the country,” NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan said at a workshop […] Read more » Justice K G Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan rights violations
Top Law News Punjab bans use of cancer causing pesticides in Malwa April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Punjab has banned the manufacture, import and use of pesticides causing cancer in Malwa region of the state, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Friday. The decision was taken based on directions by NHRC, which took suo motu cognizance of a media report, alleging that the disease of cancer among farmers in the Malwa region […] Read more » Department of Health and Family Welfare Department of Health and Family Welfare Malwa region National Human Rights Commission suo motu cognizance suo motu cognizance
Top Law News Gujarat seeks policy on staged shootout probes April 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the apex human rights panel on the Gujarat governments plea seeking directions to formulate a uniform policy for setting up an independent agency to probe alleged staged shootouts. The notice was issued to the National Human Rights Commission and all state governments and union […] Read more » Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai National Human Rights Commission probe alleged staged shootouts Supreme Court
Top Law News Woman delivers on road in Odisha, NHRC issues notice April 13, 2012 / April 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the chief secretary of Odisha taking suo motu cognizance of a media report saying that a woman delivered a baby on the road after being forcibly driven away from the maternity ward of a hospital. The media carried a report April 6, 2012 on a woman […] Read more » chief secretary of Odisha taking suo motu National Human Rights Commission violation of right to health of the woman
Top Law News NHRC seeks response on unauthorised drug trial March 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission has asked the union health ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government to respond within six weeks on its demand for reports into unauthorized clinical drug trials on people and warned of action if it failed to do so. According to NHRC official, the commission can summon the authorities – as […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission unauthorised drug trial
Top Law News Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan March 12, 2012 / March 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The centre on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe into allegations that close relatives of former chief justice KG Balakrishnan had amassed huge wealth during his tenure. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia was given the report in a sealed cover by Attorney General G […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia former chief justice KG Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission Supreme Court
Top Law News NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will probe the death of a nine-year-old child in a fire at the women’s night shelter near Baba Kharag Singh Marg on Saturday. Taking a suo motu cognisance of the incident at the shelter, NHRC said it has asked its Director General (Investigations) to send a team to the […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NDMC ground NHRC to probe girl’s death in night shelter blaze
Media & Entertainment News NHRC issues notice to Orissa July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the Orissa government and police for allegedly using a school as camp to fight the villagers opposing land acquisition by the South Korean company Posco. The NHRC has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police have occupied a school […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC issues notice to Orissa South Korean company Posco
Media & Entertainment News NHRC to join facebook, twitter July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NHRC to join facebook, twitter In an attempt to get more interactive and spread awareness about its work, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will soon join the social network in the virtual world of facebook and twitter. “We want to reach out to more people so there are plans to join platforms like facebook and twitter,” Satyabrata Pal, NHRC […] Read more » facebook National Human Rights Commission NHRC twitter
Media & Entertainment News Rights panel reminds officials about Ramdev report July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued reminders to the union home secretary and the Delhi chief secretary for their reports on the midnight crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev which are still awaited. “On June 6, they (home secretary and Delhi chief secretary) along with the Delhi Police Commissioner were asked by the […] Read more » Delhi Police Commissioner National Human Rights Commission NHRC Ramdev report yoga guru Baba Ramdev