{"id":10167,"date":"2011-04-20T23:29:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2011-04-20T23:29:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T17:59:33","slug":"government-questioned-on-plea-to-set-up-human-rights-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/government-questioned-on-plea-to-set-up-human-rights-courts","title":{"rendered":"Government questioned on plea to set up human rights courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/government-questioned-on-plea-to-set-up-human-rights-courts\/delhi-high-court-37\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?fit=205%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"205,246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi High Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?fit=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?fit=205%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10168\" title=\"Delhi High Court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?resize=205%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?w=205&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Delhi-High-Court9.jpg?resize=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central and Delhi governments to file their replies within four weeks on a petition seeking setting up of human rights courts.<\/p>\n<p>The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Asian Centre for Human Rights, a social organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The bench would hear the plea next June 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The non-establishment of human rights courts and non-appointment of special public prosecutors has been hampering trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights,&#8217; said the petition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;National Human Rights Commission in its annual report of year 2001-2002 mentioned that such a court should be headed by a district sessions judge,&#8217; said the petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central and Delhi governments to file their replies within four weeks on a petition seeking setting up of human rights courts. 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