{"id":31045,"date":"2013-12-11T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31045"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:34:59","slug":"centre-states-must-respect-human-rights-panels-somnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-states-must-respect-human-rights-panels-somnath","title":{"rendered":"Centre, states must respect human rights panels: Somnath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/centre-states-must-respect-human-rights-panels-somnath\/cc\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31046\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-states-must-respect-human-rights-panels-somnath\/cc\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/cc.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Tuesday urged central and state governments to show respect to recommendations of human rights commissions, saying the main purpose of forming such panels would be defeated if their recommendations were ignored.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I feel, conceding to the governments the authority to ignore or defy the commission&#8217;s decisions or directions as mere recommendations will strike at the very objective of setting up at such commission,&#8221; he said at a programme organised by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission to mark Human Rights Day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chatterjee said directives of the national and state 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