On Thursday, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (Retd) Arun Kumar Mishra called for a stringent law to deal with "unlawful Internet behaviour and cyber crimes."
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) in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, seeking...
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over reports that the administration of a state-run school in Mahoba district called a 'tantrik' to treat 15 girl students, who fell...
NHRC has notified the Bihar government and police chief over reports that two women police personnel allegedly beat up an elderly man in public in Kaimur district with batons.
he NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports carried on December 30 that a 22-year-old prisoner was allegedly sexually assaulted by fellow inmates at Tihar Jail, the rights panel said in a statement.
NHRC's investigation into the Bihar hooch tragedy has been criticized by Rajiv Ranjan Singh, MP for JD(U).
Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that Berhampur railway station in Odisha’s Ganjam district has turned into a major transit point for human trafficking from Bihar to Andhra Pradesh, the NHRC has issued notices...
The National Human Rights Commission said the incident amounted to 'violation of the right to life and dignity of victims'
The NHRC asked the union home secretary and Assam chief secretary to suggest measures to prevent such incidents in disputed areas and said their response...
Despite several directions from time to time, "nothing much has improved". One of the major causes of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region is stubble burning...
NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra has said that children and women in the migrant worker's community should be provided with adequate education...
NHRC has helped a woman receive the family pension that had been denied to her for over thirty years following the death of her husband.
One human rights activist Akhand has filed a petition to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in order to seek justice over the custodial death of a...
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...
TMC leaders alleged that BJP goons attacked the vehicle of 14 party youth leaders in Tripura and that the police helped the goons by leading the car to the...
Mamata Banerjee said that some sporadic incidents of violence had taken place in the state after the assembly polls but at that time, the Election Commission...
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had called the NHRC panel report an example of the 'BJP’s political vendetta'.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Ripun Bora requested the governor to institute a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the high court into case of police...
On Thursday, the Trinamool Congress chief accused NHRC of "disrespecting the court" and pursuing BJP's "political vendetta" by leaking its report to the...
“Thousands… subjected to murder, rape, displacement and intimidation,” NHRC wrote in its report to Calcutta high court on post-poll violence in West...
The West Bengal government has issued an application seeking a recall of its July 2 order that directed the police to register cases in all matters regarding...
The BJP has condemned the incident while the Trinamool Congress asserted that none from the ruling party was involved in the attack.
NHRC has issued more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave
Less knocks on NHRC’s door while violations keep rising are a wake-up call. It must get back to keeping the State alert.
What was supposed to be India’s watchdog against rights violations has turned into what critics call a government arm for obfuscation and occasional apologies
