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Bani Kanta Das and anr. Vs. State of Assam and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2009(3)AWC2662(SC); JT2009(7)SC562; 2009(8)SCALE65:2009AIRSCW3608

..... i.e. 31.7.2000. the protection of human rights act, 1993 (in short the `act') was enacted for constitution of nhrc for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. the expression `human rights' is defined in section 2(d) which reads as follows:(d) `human rights' means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and ..... the commission shall perform all or any of the functions i.e. such other functions as it may consider necessary for the protection of human rights. according to learned counsel since there were certain observations by one of the hon'ble judges in the review petition, therefore the commission had the ..... 'has child been executed in india' and copies of certain correspondences. one of them is a letter dated 20.9.2000. the same reads as follows:national human rights commissionsardar patel bhawan, sansad marg,new delhi-11000120.9.2000 m.l. anejajoint registar (law)dr. ved kumarig3/47 model town3rd stop, opp. chhatrasal stadium,new .....

K.S. Mahesh Vs. T.S. Rudrani and Others

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2011(2)KCCR1567; 2011(3)KantLJ683; 2011ILR(Kar)2545

..... person filed a private complaint under section 200 of cr.p.c. read with section 30 of the protection of human rights act, 1993 (for short the act) before the sessions judge, tumkur, alleging certain human rights violated by the persons named as accused herein. the learned sessions judge on presentation of the complaint, developed ..... to proceed against the respondents. firstly, this court has no power under the protection of human rights act, 1993, to conduct inquiry or the investigation into the matters relating to violation of human rights, in view of the establishment of state human rights commission by the government of karnataka under section 21 of the said act. the ..... is independent and fair operating the state. before, however sessions judge are empowered to act as human rights courts and before, other steps are taken to introduce in the state an independent system for the protection of human rights, the normal law must take its course and if nothing else is possible to do, a .....

K.G. Kannabiran Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of A.P. and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1997(4)ALT541; 1995(2)ALT(Cri)490

..... report to this court within a fixed time frame, a direction to the government to notify sessions judges as human rights courts to take cognizance of all cases of human rights violations as provided for in section 30 of protection of human rights act and for a direction to the director general of police, government of andhra pradesh, to cause production of ..... the prosecution as well as the defence. we do share the concern, however, of the petitioner that it is high time that section 30 of the protection of human rights act is invoked in the state of andhra pradesh as well as steps are taken for appointment of a state commission so that the people may have some ..... is independent and fair operating in the state. before, however, sessions judges are empowered to act as human rights courts and before however, other steps are taken to introduce in the state an independent system for the protection of human rights, the normal law must take its course and if nothing else is possible to do, a case is .....

Dr. Upendra Baxi Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT1998(9)SC119; (1998)9SCC388

..... time, we have formed the opinion that a better method for supervision of the functioning of the agra protective home is necessary. now, that the benefit of the national human rights commission (nhrc) with statutory powers under protection of human rights act, 1993 is available and since most of the problems associated with the functioning of the agra ..... protective home are such that they can be better dealt with by nhrc, we consider it expedient to make ..... 4-1991, this court had disposed of this matter and directed the learned district judge of agra to continue to monitor the affairs of the agra protective home and give the necessary directions from time to time, as may be required for this purpose in addition to sending periodical reports to this court. .....

The State of Karnataka, Rep. by Its Chief Secretary, Government of Kar ...

Court : Karnataka

..... is without any basis and requires to be set aside.19. further he contended by virtue of the power conferred under section 13 of the protection of human rights act, 1993, the commission has constituted the panel. section 16 of the act provides for conducting an enquiry. if the commission wants to consider ..... the haste with which the chief minister appointed the third respondent to the said post. the main ground urged is the finding of the national human rights commission (nhrc) regarding human rights violations of villagers by the special task force (stf), karnataka commanded by the third respondent, which included (i) illegal informal detention of male ..... the honble justice sadashiva. the honble justice sadashiva commission was appointed to look into certain allegations made by certain individuals regarding violation of the human rights by the karnataka and tamilnadu joint task force. the commission has given its report in 2003 to the nhrc after detailed and prolonged enquiry. specific .....

Bader Sayeed Vs. the Southern India Education Trust and Others

Court : Chennai

..... that the guidelines laid down by this order are also observed by the employers in private sector. 12. these guidelines will not prejudice any rights available under the protection of human rights act, 1993. 18. accordingly, we direct that the above guidelines and norms would be strictly observed in all work places for the preservation ..... paragraph no.17 of the jugement. the guidelines and norms prescribed herein are as under:- having regard to the definition of 'human rights' in section 2(d) of the protection of human rights act, 1993, taking note of the fact that the present civil and penal laws in india do not adequately provide for specific ..... vishaka v. state of rajasthan reported in 1997 (6) scc 241, wherein the supreme court, considering the rights of the working women, against sexual harassment in work places, their protection and enforcement of fundamental and human rights and after taking note of the international convention and norms, at paragraph 16 of the judgment, held as .....

K.V. Gopakumar Vs. State of Kerala represented by The Chief Secretary ...

Court : Kerala

..... incidental thereto. clause (d) of section 2 of the act define 'human rights' to mean the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and ..... by the commission. 7. the protection of human rights act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') was enacted by the central government to provide for the constitution of a national human rights commission, state human rights commissions in states and human rights courts for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or ..... has filed this writ petition seeking various reliefs, contending that, ext.p1 complaint filed before the commission is not maintainable under the protection of human rights act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') and that ext.p4 order passed by the commission is absolutely without any .....

Gantasala Tirupathi Raju and ors. Vs. Station House Officer and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2002(2)ALD(Cri)256

..... must respond to the grievance of the petitioners. be it noted that the right to seek redressal in a properly constituted forum/court is a human right recognised even under the universal declaration of human rights, 1948, which is now part of the indian law by reason of section 30 of the protection of human rights act, 1993. article 8 of the universal declaration reads as under:'everyone ..... has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating .....

Puthuppan P.K. Vs. K.S. Girija and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2008(3)KLJ416; 2008(4)KLT189

..... she works, be it public or private.4. the rights sought to be protected by the issuance of guidelines in vishaka's case (supra) have been essentially enunciated as referable to human rights to be protected and human rights as defined in section 2(d) of the protection of human rights act, 1993. those guidelines were issued taking note of ..... the fact that the existing civil and penal laws do not adequately for specific protection for women in work places and that it ..... its course only in accordance thereof and shall not be used for any purpose for which it is not relevant.3. however, the commission has rightly directed the constitution of an independent grievances redressal cell according to supreme court guidelines. the reference made by the commission is obviously to the decision .....

Sarup Singh Vs. State of Punjab and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : (2005)141PLR587

..... the present petition. on july 24, 2000, jaimal singh, respondent no. 2, who was president of municipal council, sultanpur lodhi filed a complaint under section 12 of the protection of human rights act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the 'act') against petitioner, sarup singh as well as d.s.p. ravi charan singh brar and h.s. tulli, the ..... respondent no. 2 afresh, keeping in view the observations made by this court in jatt ram's case (supra). we also request the chairman of the punjab state human rights commission to constitute a three-member bench of the state commission to deal with the complaint filed by respondent no. 2, jaimal singh, while considering the aforesaid matter ..... with a bunch of civil writ petitions being civil writ petition no. 18237 of 2003:(2005-3) 141 p.l.r. 297, jatt ram v. punjab state human rights commission and ors., and other connected case through a separate judgment of even date, we have dilated upon the various powers of the state commission to pass interim orders .....