-The Hindu Raipur: For the first time since the formation of Chhattisgarh in 2000, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a "full commission" sitting in State capital Raipur. NHRC chairperson Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and its members, Justice B. C. Patel and retired diplomat Satyabrat Pal, will hold several sessions till Friday. According to sources in the NHRC, investigating officers and the special rapporteur of the commission had visited the State,...
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Manipur encounter killings fake, says panel; SC 'distressed' -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express A committee appointed by the Supreme Court to probe six cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur informed the court on Thursday that all the encounters were fake. The committee, comprising retired judge Santosh Hegde, former chief election commissioner J M Lyngdoh and former Karnataka police chief A K Singh, held that all the seven victims, including a 12-year-old boy, did not have any criminal background and had not...
More »Autopsy shows all injuries to Kolkata student's body sustained before death: sources -Monideepa Banerjie and Mala Das
-NDTV Kolkata: It took nearly two and a half hours for the hearse of Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old student activist who died in police custody, to make its way from central Kolkata to the crematorium. Thousands paid tribute to him outside the office of the Students Federation of India, the student wing of the CPI(M), of which Mr Gupta was a member. Grief and anger filled the streets of the city as the...
More »Rights body directs police to probe SFI leader’s death
-The Hindu The Opposition, including the Left Front, has demanded a thorough probe into the incident. Taking a serious view of the death of Students' Federation of India leader Sudipta Gupta in police custody, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) directed the City Police Commissioner on Wednesday to probe the matter and submit a report within seven days. "The Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and directed the Commissioner...
More »Gujarat Bill ending role of Governor, CJ to choose ombudsman passed-Darshan Desai
-The Hindu Amid protests and a walkout by Opposition MLAs in the Assembly, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday pushed through a new Gujarat Lokayukta Aayog Bill, 2013 that ostensibly seeks to end the role of the Governor and the Chief Justice of the High Court in appointing the ombudsman. The Bill proposes a seven-member selection panel headed by the Chief Minister, which will recommend a candidate for the Lokayukta's post...
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