MARCH-2013 (ENG).cdr - National Human Rights Commission

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWSLETTER, MARCH, 2013Dalits were denied water by higher castes in a village ofDistrict Kishanganj. Reportedly, higher caste persons,including the Panchayat Head were upset with the Dalitsfor lodging a complaint against them regardingsiphoning off money meant for welfare schemes. Notonly this, the children of Dalits were also warned of direconsequences if they attended the village schools. Themedia report was forwarded by a complainant to theCommission.The Commission has issued notices to the ChiefSecretary, Bihar and District Magistrate, Kishanganjcalling for reports.Rape and killing of three minor sisters in Maharashtra(Case No. 501/13/6/2013)thThe media reported on 20 February, 2013 thatthree minor sisters were raped and killed at a Dhaba invillage Lakhni, District Bhandara, when they went therein search of food. Belonging to a poor family, the sisterswere aged 5, 9 and 11 years respectively. Their bodieswere found inside a well on the outskirts of the village.The post-mortem of the bodies was done only whenvillagers protested.The Commission has issued a notice to the ChiefSecretary, Maharashtra Govt. calling for a report.NHRC’s Spot EnquiriesFollowing is the list of cases wherein spot enquiries were conducted by the Commission’s officers:S.No. Case Number Allegations Date of Visitth th1. 125/20/6/2013-BL Bonded labourers, including minor child, engaged 10 –15 February, 2013in 100 Brick Kiln in District Bhilwara, Rajasthan.th2. 3860/7/3/2011 Removal of HIV infected child from a school in 28 February, 2013Sector-3 in Ballabhgarh, Haryana.th th3. 1774/18/28/2012 Custodial torture in Odisha. 10 -16 February, 2013Apart from the large number of cases taken up dailyby individual Members, 198 cases were consideredduring four sittings of the Full Commission and seventeensittings of Division Benches in February, 2013.On 36 cases, listed in the table below, theRecommendations for ReliefCommission recommended monetary reliefamounting to a total of ` 67,25,000/- for the victims ortheir next of kin, where it found that public servantshad either violated human rights or been negligent inprotecting them.Sl. No. Case Number Nature of Complaint Amount Recommended (in `) Public Authority1 1063/4/11/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Two Lakh Govt. of Bihar2 350/33/1/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Three Lakh Govt. of Chhattisgarh3 2218/7/17/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Five Lakh Govt. of Haryana4 2200/12/11/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Madhya Pradesh5 6/12/22/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Three Lakh Govt. of Madhya Pradesh6 2163/13/23/2010-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Maharashtra7 423/18/32/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Odisha8 10868/24/7/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Fifty Thousand Govt. of Uttar Pradesh9 28810/24/1/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh10 37451/24/48/09-10-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh11 422/25/5/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of West Bengal12 250/1/16/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Andhra Pradesh4