Independent People’s Tribunal on the functioning of the National Human Rights Commission Please click here to access the Interim observations and recommendation of Jury Panel of the Independent People’s Tribunal on the Functioning of the NHRC of India. The event took place in School of Social Sciences-1 Auditorium, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 14th, 15th& 16th December 2013. On 15th…
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According to Crime in India 2012 published by the National Crime Records Bureau, http://ncrb.gov.in/: Women • The total number of crimes committed against women increased from 2,28,650 in 2011 to 2,44,270 in 2012. • West Bengal reported 12.7% of total such cases in the country (30,942 out of 2,44,270). Assam reported the highest crime rate (89.5) as compared…
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According to the report titled: Second Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the Country by NHRC (2011), http://www.nhrc.nic.in/Reports/UPR-Final%20Report.pdf: Civil and political rights • 35% of the complaints to the NHRC annually are against the police. In 2006 the Supreme Court issued seven binding directives to start reform, but little has been done, though the need is…
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KEY TRENDS • In 2021 India had a total of 1,319 prisons housing 5,54,034 prisoners as of that year end. The actual capacity was 4,25,609, which means that Indian prisons were overcrowded by 30.2 percent in 2021. ## • In 2020 India had a total of 1,306 prisons housing 4,88,511 prisoners as of that year end. The actual capacity was 4,14,033….
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According to the Supreme Court of India, http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/whatisnew.htm: • The number of pending cases at the end of April, 2009 is 50,148. The huge rush of litigants, despite an increased disposal rate, has proved more than a match for the judges, who hear more than 80 cases a day. • In January, 2007, the total number of pending…
Read MoreKEY TRENDS • According to National Sample Survey report no. 583: Persons with Disabilities in India, the percentage of persons with disability who received aid/help from Government was 21.8 percent, 1.8 percent received aid/help from organisation other than Government and another 76.4 percent did not receive aid/ help *8 • As per National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4), the…
Read MoreThe India Discrimination Report 2022 focuses on the differential access to labour market (absorption and wages), factor market (access to credit) and endowment market (access to hospitalisation) for different socio-religious and gender groups. The analysis attempts to capture the extent of identity-based discrimination explaining the gaps in access to employment and in wages, credit and health facilities…
Read MoreThe judgement by Supreme Court judges Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit (dated 20th March, 2018, please click here to access) pertaining to Criminal Appeal No. 416 of 2018 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 5661 of 2017), among other things, says that: • In view of acknowledged abuse of law of arrest…
Read MoreThe India Exclusion Report 2015 is based on information and knowledge resources available in the public domain. The report has studied the exclusion faced by five especially vulnerable groups: single women, Devadasis, survivors of ethnic conflict, survivors of communal violence, and the Jarawa tribe. The key facts from the India Exclusion Report 2015, which has been prepared…
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