Human Rights Act Case Study

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SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL THE EVER AGGRANDIZING VISTA OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT IN INDIA RESEARCH PAPER BY: SONAL KALIA ROLL NO. 018 PRN NO. 16010143018 LLM (1 YEAR) HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN ABSTRACT The researcher questions the protection of human rights under the Human Rights Act,1993, in light of the current guidelines provided under it, its ratification to the guidelines laid down by the international human rights communities, the extent to which the commission established under the Act has been successful in holding the government accountable and whether, despite the drawbacks it faces has been able to be the protector of rights in India. INTRODUCTION Human rights are two simple words when read separately…show more content…
The creation of Human Rights Courts at the district level has a great potential to protect and realize human rights at the grassroots. Further it also provides for speedy trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights. It ensures that the state Government may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification, specify for each district a Court of Sessions to be a Human Rights Court to try various human rights…show more content…
Some of the cases taken up by the NHRC have proven its effective functioning and enforcement to establish a balance in the society. Like, in the case of the Gujarat riots, where suo-moto cognisance of the matter was taken on the basis of media reports. The commission had in actual approached the Supreme Court on behalf of the victims. Then again in the Punjab mass cremation case, the commission found grave violation of rules of cremation on unidentified bodies in turn violating the dignity of the dead. On persistence shown by the commission the Supreme Court found the state guilty. Besides this the NHRC has also been successful in protecting other human rights like prevention of starvation deaths violating right to food, extra-judicial killings amounting to unjustified and unprovoked murders, death due to inhaling polluted air
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