Top Law News High SC exploitation in rural areas: NHRC August 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) was reaching out to villagers as atrocities against those belonging to the Scheduled Caste was more prevalent in rural areas than in urban, its Chairman said on Tueday. “..Real problems lie in villages. There is a need to reach out to villages.We want to reach the villages. After all, the […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC NHRC Chairman NHRC Chairman Justice K G Balakrishnan NHRC Information Officer NHRC Information Officer Jaimini Kumar Srivastava NHRC on exploitation of SC NHRC on exploitation of Schedule Caste recommendations of the NHRC
Top Law News Kokrajhar Riot: Assam government to submit report to NHRC August 1, 2012 / August 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday said that it and would send a team to study relief and rehabilitation measures in the affected districts of Assam. The NHRC issued a notice to the Assam government and sought a detailed report on the July violence in Kokrajhar district. The Commission asked Assam Chief Secretary […] Read more » Assam ethnic violence in Assam Kokrajhar Riot National Human Rights Commission NHRC
Top Law News Attack on Dalits: NHRC notice to UP government July 26, 2012 / July 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government in connection with a case in which a a Dalit youth lost his legs after being assaulted and tied to a railway track in a village in the Ghaziabad district. In the notices issued to the state chief secretary and the […] Read more » atrocities on Dalits Attack on Dalits condition of dalits in India condition of dalits in UP condition of dalits in Uttar Pradesh Dalits Dalits atrocities National Human Rights Commission NHRC NHRC notice on attack on Dalits Prevention of Atrocities Act PTA Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
Top Law News NHRC’s letter:Court orders relook into inmate’s death July 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has ordered a fresh inquest into a prison inmate’s death after National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) raised questions about the diagnosis of the victim’s ailment. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav directed a magisterial court, which had conducted the inquest into Rohini jail inmate Om Prakash’s death, to report if proper diagnosis with respect […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav Chief Metropolitan Magistrate CMM National Human Rights Commission NHRC NHRC's letter NHRC's letter on inmate death
Top Law News Aami river pollution: NHRC issues notices to Centre, UP July 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of reports on pollution of Aami river by factories in Gorakhpur district, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to Union Environment Ministry and Uttar Pradesh government. The NHRC asked the Ministry, UP government and State Pollution Control Board to respond within six weeks to allegations of violating human rights of the […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC
Top Law News SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2002 post-Godhra riots Godhra riots Gujarat Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Gujarat riots Gujarat riots victims Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC post-Godhra riots Supreme Court supreme court on gujarat riots
Top Law News Assam rights panel moves NHRC against police atrocities June 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A human rights group in Assam has moved to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over alleged police atrocities on anti-dam activists in the state. The Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) of Assam has taken up with NHRC the case of alleged police intimidation of members of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) for opposing […] Read more » Assam rights panel moves NHRC against police atrocities NHRC police atrocities police atrocities as violation of human rights police atrocities in north east India
Top Law News NHRC order on Endosulfan victims:Partial compliance by Kerala Government June 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The orders of NHRC to compensate the victims of endosulfan were not wholly complied with by the Kerala Government. The purpose of awarding compensation is to do justice with them by addressing their grievances. The Kerala government has submitted a report regarding this. The report consists of: The State government has said that regarding payment of […] Read more » endosulfan Endosulfan victims. Kerala government NHRC
Top Law News NHRC seeks solution on Mayanmarese asylum seekers May 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Myanmar’s rights panel to engage with the government at Yangon to press for a solution to the issue of hundreds of Mayanmarese asylum seekers in India, an official said Friday. “The issue was raised by NHRC during its meeting here with a visiting delegation of the Myanmar […] Read more » Mayanmarese asylum seekers NHRC NHRC chairperson K.G. Balakrishnan
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
High Profile Cases Ex-CJI concerned over delay in Gujarat riots cases October 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former chief justice of India J.S. Verma Saturday expressed concern that the perpetrators of human rights violations in the 2002 Gujarat riots are still unpunished. ‘That’s something that disturbs me as it would disturb every reasonable person in our country,’ Justice Verma told NDTV 24X7 news channel in an interview. Responding to the recent Supreme […] Read more » chief justice of India J.S. Verma Ex-CJI Gujarat riots cases NHRC
Top Law News Dedicated cell in NHRC to deal with child labour August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an estimated 12.6 million child labourers in India, the National Human Rights Commission has set up a separate cell to give more focused attention to them. ‘The commission has set up a cell to monitor the progress in the bonded labour and child labour cases taken up with different public authorities. It was felt […] Read more » CHILD LABOUR NHRC