Annual Report - National Human Rights Commission

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Complaints Before
the Commission
A] Pendency
Number and Nature
4.1 During the year under review, the Commission had a total number of
1,35,209 cases to consider which included cases brought forward from previous
years as well as fresh institution during the current year. During the period from
1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005, the Commission disposed of 85,661 cases
(Annexure 2). The State-wise and Category-wise details of cases are shown in
Annexures 3 (a) to (c).
4.2 At the end of the reporting period i.e. as on 31 March 2005, the total number of
cases pending with the Commission was 49,548, which included 2,288 cases awaiting
preliminary consideration and 47,260 cases in respect of which reports were either
awaited from the authorities concerned or the reports had been received and were
pending further consideration within the Commission itself (Annexure 4(a)).
At the begining of the year i.e. 1 April 2004, 60,808 cases were pending before
the Commission (Annexure 4 (b))
4.3 The total number of cases registered in the Commission during 2004-2005
was 74,401, while the corresponding figure for the year 2003-2004 was 72,990.
Of the cases that were registered during the year under review, 72,775 cases were
complaints of alleged human rights violations besides 1500 cases related to
intimations of custodial deaths, 4 cases of custodial rapes and 122 related to police
encounters. In accordance with the guidelines issued by the Commission, every
death in police and judicial custody is to be reported to the Commission for its
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