{"id":6489,"date":"2010-08-17T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T16:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=6489"},"modified":"2010-08-17T21:46:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T16:16:37","slug":"strengthen-humans-rights-panels-in-states-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/strengthen-humans-rights-panels-in-states-balakrishnan","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen humans rights panels in states: Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice K.G. 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