The National Human Rights Commission has directed its Director-General (Investigation) to depute a team to look into the plight of bonded labourers working at a brick kiln in Domanpur village of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh. Suo motu cognisance The Commission took the decision taking suo motu cognisance of a report telecast by a news TV channel recently with interviews of three such labourers. The workers alleged that they were being forced to...

The National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) has directed its Director General (Investigation) to depute a team to look into the plight of bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Domanpur village of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. The Commission took the decision, taking suo motu cognisance of a telecast by a television channel recently of interviews with three such labourers. The workers alleged that they were being forced to work as...

Reacting to a report published in The Hindu, which told the story of illegal employment of children and their plight in the coal mines of Hazaribagh district, the National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) has issued notice to Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Singh seeking a report within four weeks on the issue. The news report, “In Jharkhand, children slug it out in ‘rat holes' to make a living”, was published...

The watchdog risks becoming “a sinecure for retired persons” This May, the National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) is due to appear before the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Geneva for its re-accreditation as an ‘A' grade institution. Ahead of this process, a consortium of non-governmental organisations released a report here on Wednesday on the compliance of the nhrc with the ‘Paris...

Former Chief Justice of India and National Human Rights Commission ( nhrc) Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan has told the income tax authorities he is ready to reveal his total income, but details of his I-T returns cannot be disclosed. Justice Balakrishnan, facing a rough weather following allegations of his family members having amassed illegal wealth, made these statements in his affidavit filed before the additional commissioner of IT in Kochi. The...