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It’s been almost 29 years since the National Human Rights Commission was formed. But it has a long, tough road ahead as is evident from the figures of rights abuses in India.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has gained the trust of people and needs to rise to challenges, said its second chairman Justice MN Venkatachaliah in an interview with Sanjay Raman Sinha.

As India celebrated National Human Rights Day on December 10, the spectre of human rights violations raised concerns. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA spoke to SANJAY RAMAN SINHA in an exclusive interview and said he would never want the NHRC to have more powers as most of its recommendations are accepted

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A notice has been issued to the Government of Uttar Pradesh by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on issue of police personnel stripping and assaulting a woman in Lalitpur.

The National Human Rights Commission issues notices to the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, calling for a detailed report within four weeks on alleged slow pace of cleaning garbage heaps at Ghazipur and Bhalaswa landfill sites

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing in a plea filed by the children of a 62-year-old man, who is a Pakistan national and is held in a detention centre for deportation for the last seven years after he spent 3 years and 6 months in jail as a punishment under Section 14 Foreigners Act.

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging increasing incidents of violence among inmates in Tihar Jail, Delhi. Reports said in yet another incident of inmate clash inside the prison, a 25-year-old prisoner was beaten up by another on September 22, the sixth such incident this month alone.