Anti-CAA protest | Allahabad High Court dismisses AMU students’ petitions on police’s action Students shouldn’t fall in trap unscrupulous persons operating outside the University The Hindu · Sep 16, 2022
NHRC directs Assam govt. to pay compensation to boy assaulted inside police station An Assistant Sub-Inspector was seen beating up the minor boy repeatedly with a stick inside the Lahorijan police station. The Hindu · Sep 15, 2022
NHRC chairperson expresses concern over dumping of e-waste by developed countries NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Kumar Mishra (retd.) virtually addressed the Asia Pacific Forum of national human rights institutions of countries in the region The Hindu · Sep 14, 2022
Allahabad HC orders CBI probe on Dalit man's plea that cops lodged false cases against him PRAYAGRAJ: Taking a serious note of lodging of a large number of alleged false cases against a Dalit person at the instance of policemen, the Allahabad high court has ordered a CBI probe into some criminal cases registered at Mathura and Firozabad districts. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and… The Times of India · Sep 14, 2022
Arunachal Pradesh oil exploration | Fair compensation will be given, says Petroleum Ministry Chakma Development Foundation of India had approached NHRC The Hindu · Sep 2, 2022
15 arrested from Meghalaya BJP leader’s ‘brothel’ move NHRC against police Altogether 73 people were arrested from the farmhouse of Bernard N. Marak on July 22 The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022
Keeping post of PwD Commissioner vacant a rights violation: NHRC tells Jharkhand government Clear apathy, says NHRC and issues notice to State The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022
National Human Rights Commission asks Assam to submit report on custodial death of Nagaland man E. Henveih Phom died in Sivasagar district’s Gelekey allegedly due to torture by the police on August 21. The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022
Andhra Pradesh: TDP alleges custodial torture of party sympathisers It urges NHRC to intervene and ensure justice to the ‘victims’ The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022
Seames faces ableism claim The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is urging the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat (Seames) to compensate a job applicant who was denied a position due to his disability. Bangkok Post · Aug 12, 2022
Andhra Pradesh: Resolve pending cases, NHRC Chairman tells Tirupati administration It also seeks report on the action taken in the cases already addressed The Hindu · Aug 7, 2022
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation removes misleading transgender signage for toilets NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has informed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the transgender signage for toilets, which was considered not acceptable by the community, has been removed. The Times of India · Jul 22, 2022
The Hindu · Jul 3, 2022 NHRC seeks report on harassment of Chakmas in Arunachal The human rights panel acted on a complaint by an NGO
The Hindu · Jun 30, 2022 UAPA necessary to act against terrorists: Union Minister R. K. Singh Minister R. K. Singh was speaking at the National Human Rights Commission’s conference on rights in the Indian context
The Times of India · Jun 29, 2022 Opposition files National Human Rights Commission plaint over worker’s suicide Vijayawada: Opposition parties in AP have lodged a plaint with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging that one Udayagiri Narayana (38), a Dalit man from Kandamooru village in Nellore rural, committed suicide following police harassment after a theft plaint was lodged against him.
The Hindu · Jun 26, 2022 Restore cancelled ration cards: Bandi TS BJP chief writes to NHRC, says govt. blocking fresh applications
The Hindu · Jun 25, 2022 NHRC issues notice to Centre on “air pollution cutting life expectancy” Takes suo motu cognisance of media reports quoting a study by Energy Policy Institute at Chicago varsity
The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022 NHRC notice to Environment Ministry on air pollution impacting life expectancy The rights panel has issued notice to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, seeking a report within four weeks.
The Hindu · Jun 17, 2022 NHRC directs DGP to probe Dalit maid’s alleged torture by police Rights panel responds to complaint by TDP leader
The Hindu · Jun 13, 2022 NHRC issues notice to Haryana govt over landfill site The Central Pollution Control Board had in 2017 found that the groundwater of three villages near the landfill was contaminated.
The Hindu · Jun 10, 2022 NHRC issues notices over reported harassment of cyclist The commission has asked to respond within four weeks
The Hindu · Jun 3, 2022 Explained | Police encounters in India: cases, convictions and court orders The debate over India’s police ‘encounters’ has stirred up again as a Supreme Court-appointed Commission concluded that the encounter of Disha gang-rape accused was fake.