[ad_1] New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has served a notice to the Punjab government over a media report that students in Kaluwara village in the state do not have access to proper educational facilities. Taking suo motu cognizance of the media report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)...
NHRC reconstitutes core group of human rights defenders, NGOs, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] (Eds: Updating with details) New Delhi, The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reconstituted its core group of human rights defenders and NGOs, according to an official notification. Former BJP MLA and Padma Shri awardee Jitender Singh Shunty, director of Rights and Risk Analysis Group (RRAG) Suhas Chakma and...
NHRC seeks report from Kerala govt after girls went missing from Kottayam shelter home, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government and sought a report over the incident in which nine girls allegedly went missing from a shelter home at Manganam in Kottayam in Kerala.The Commission took suo motu...
Nhrc Seeks Report On Three Tribal Women’s Electrocution, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from the secretary of the energy department secretary over the electrocution deaths of three women belonging to a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) in Keonjhar district on October 22. It has sought the report from authorities...
NHRC summons chief secretaries of Delhi- NCR state governments, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has summoned the chief secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab to appear before it on November 18, holding them accountable for stubble burning in the National Capital Region.Observing that farmers have been resorting to stubble burning "under compulsion", the NHRC...
SC dismisses J-K’s plea against NHRC order on compensation, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] (Eds: adding word in para two) New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration against an order of the National Human Rights Commission to pay compensation of Rs 3 lakh each to kin of 10 children who...
NHRC seeks detailed report from Punjab on stubble burning, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Chandigarh [India], November 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday held a high-level review meeting via video conference with Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua and state government officials regarding the increasing air pollution and sought a detailed report on the stubble burning in the state.According...
NHRC notice to Delhi govt, police chief over missing Uzbek women, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The NHRC has issued notices to the Delhi government and the city's police chief after five of the seven Uzbek women who were allegedly trafficked and sexually exploited in India went missing from a private shelter home here. The National Human Rights Commission in a statement on...
NHRC summons chief secretaries of Delhi, 3 neighbouring states over air pollution, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, Alarmed over the rise in pollution in Delhi-NCR, the NHRC has asked the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to appear before it on November 10 to discuss the matter, an official statement said on Friday. The National Human Rights Commission said it is...
NHRC seeks action taken report on pregnant teenager’s death in Odisha, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Phulbani (Odisha), The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served a notice on the collector and SP of Odisha's Kandhamal district, seeking an action taken report on the death of an impregnated girl studying at a government-run residential school, a senior official said on Thursday. The incident took place...