The NHRC has sought a detailed report within four weeks, including the status of the investigation of the FIRs registered, the health status of the victim women and other injured persons as well as compensation, if any,...
Earlier in December 2022, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) blamed the authorities in Bihar for suppressing the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Saran and Siwan districts, stating that at least 77 people had...
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala was urged by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who has filed a PIL on the issue, that section 494 of the Indian Penal Code allows ploygamy,...
Thirteen persons died in Villupuram district between May 13 and 15, and eight persons were arrested in connection with the deaths and illicit brewing of liquor
According to reports in a section of the media, the NHRC, which took suo motu cognisance of the deaths caused by drinking spurious liquor in the dry state, has concluded that the total number of people who died exceeded 70,...
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday told the Supreme Court that state laws, which had led to the setting up of commissions like human rights committees, have now been repealed and some fresh panels were set up...
The notices come at a time when several wrestlers are protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding the sacking and arrest of WFI president and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of...
The court in its Saturday order said that the ground taken for cancellation of bail is completely contrary to the facts and documented evidence, and called the move an attempt to mislead the court and waste its time.
The NHRC has issued notices to the Delhi government and the city's police chief over reports that a man and his son fell in an open sewer at Rohini recently,...
Accordingly, it has issued notices to the chief secretary and director general of police of Jharkhand, and the director general of the health services (DGHS)...
Scores of people died of spurious liquor earlier in the month in Saran district of Bihar, where sale of liquor is banned. The Police is investigating seven...
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has alleged that the National Human Rights Commission's action in the Saran hooch case was part of a "propaganda"
After media reports suggested a death toll of 65 in the Saran hooch tragedy, the NHRC said that the incident 'indicates the failure of the state government' on...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of the incident. The commission has It observed that the reported incident raises serious...
Addressing a Human Rights Day event here hosted by the National Human Rights Commission, he said that one outfall of globalisation is the concentration of...
A bench of Justices M R Shah and M M Sundresh said officers were found to be negligent and it does find any reason to interfere in the matter.
More than 70,000 women are leading their lives as Devadasis in Karnataka alone. A commission constituted under the chairmanship of Justice Raghunath Rao had...
Since there is a thin line between exercising the right to self-defence, retaliation and using excessive force, police encounters must always be looked at with...
The National Human Rights Commission has submitted a notice to a Bihar prisons over the poor quality food being served to the inmates.
NHRC Chairperson Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra has called for removing the stigma associated with mental illnesses and sought laws that further enable...
NHRC chairperson Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra in his address at the opening of a conference in Delhi on 'Human Rights in Indian Culture and Philosophy',...
According to the details available on NHRC's website, the complaint has been filed by advocate Amrish Ranjan Pandey, a Congress worker and advocate Ambuj...
2019 Hyderabad Encounter: The Supreme Court-appointed judicial panel puts the cops in the dock, saying the killings of the accused were intentional.
The police have recovered 27 bodies and 19 people are still unaccounted for.
Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the NHRC are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last...
