The Latest Breaking News from NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday suo motu cognisance of a media report of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, who were electrocuted after they stepped on a live wire that lay unattended on a sidewalk near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area of Bengaluru on November…

NHRC said it has asked Manipur government to pay ₹10 lakh compensation each within four weeks to the next of kin of all the people who died in ethnic clashes since May

TDP MP writes to NHRC seeking an inquiry into human rights violations in Andhra Pradesh. The violations are sponsored, aided and abetted by the State government and fundamental rights are being curtailed and voices of dissent suppressed, alleges Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar in his letter to NHRC Chairman Justice Arun Mishra.

NHRC has directed Health and Family Welfare departments of Centre and Odisha to furnish a detailed report on preventive measures and compensation for snake bike victims

NHRC issues notice to Bihar govt over dumping of accident victim's remains in canal; calls for report on action taken against police personnel.

The bodies of the victims of Odisha train tragdegy had turned ice in the container where they were preserved for above four months and all the bodies were cremated at the Bharatpur crematorium by BMC.

NHRC urges restructuring of mental health establishments to meet contemporary requirements. Seeks measures to boost accessibility to treatments for financially disadvantaged. Recommends constituting mental health authority, review boards, framing rules, insurance policies, DMHP, separate wards, digitised record keeping, in-house labs, training modules, and educating public on mental health.

Calling the incident a violation of human rights relating to the life and health of the victims due to negligence by public authorities, the Commission issued a notice to authorities.

Residents of seven villages in Tirupati district, abutting India's famous rocket launch station, are denied basic amenities due to the presence of the station and the bird sanctuary. Despite pleas to ISRO, politicians, and the NHRC, the villagers remain outcasts in their homeland, struggling with mobility, employment, and access to…

NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of reports of brutal assault on Dalit woman in Patna. Accused, belonging to dominant caste, tortured her for failing to repay loan. NHRC calls for detailed report from Bihar Chief Secretary and DGP on FIR status, survivor's health and compensation.

The Hindu explains deaths in prisons, the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ deaths and why courts and experts think this classification is vague.