With several villages in the Keonjhar district, Orissa’s mining heartland, languishing in utter neglect and people denied of basic amenities of human life, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought for Action Taken Report (ATR) from the district collector on the alleged miserable living condition of people living the mineral-rich belt.
The tribunal has directed the government to submit the ATR on the dumping ground of 100 bigha land, where Howrah city’s municipal waste have been dumped for years, by 23 May.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Union Ministry for Law and Justice on the alleged denial of justice to the people living in the country’s remote areas of India.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Odisha government on the alleged disbursal of old-age pension social security scheme to ineligible beneficiaries in the Kendrapara and Jajpur districts.
In a significant development, the Sub-Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate, Kathua, Amandeep Kour, has directed the SHO of Billawar Police Station to submit Action Taken Report (ATR) on two complaints seeking registration of FIR in the custodial torture of Makhan Din in Billawar in Kathua district.
The NHRC sought the ATR while taking cognisance of the petition filed by human rights lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the civil authorities and police administration of Odisha’s Dhenkanal district to furnish action taken report (ATR) on the alleged gang-rape of a homeless woman for over seven months.
At least 20 people from the Chikiti area were hospitalised after allegedly drinking country liquor sold near Moundpur on 20 August.
The apex rights body expressed concern over poor security arrangements in the hospitals of the national capital highlighted by a media report.
The NHRC passed the order acting on a petition filed by human right lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy.
