New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) celebrated its 33rd Foundation Day in New Delhi on October 12, 2026, emphasising the need to strengthen human rights protection in response to emerging global, social and technological challenges. Established on Read more…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning the suicide of a 19-year-old woman in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. According to the report, the woman was allegedly gang-raped by six persons, including three Read more…
New Delhi : National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian has stressed the need for stronger collaboration among National Commissions to promote and protect human rights. He made these remarks while addressing a Statutory Full Commission meeting in Read more…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a woman was brutally assaulted and publicly paraded in Rajasthan’s Banswara after her hair was forcibly cut by her husband and other relatives. Read more…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra following a reported fire incident at the Sick Newborn Care Unit of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, in which three newborn babies reportedly Read more…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of allegations that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife demanded ₹5 crore to allegedly suppress a rape case and has issued a notice to the Punjab government. The NHRC bench headed by Read more…
July 3, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler lost his eyesight due to medical negligence at the Civil Hospital in Banda, located in Madhya Read more…
July 3, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that 12 bonded labourers were held captive, brutally assaulted and forced to work under inhuman conditions for nearly one and Read more…
July 3, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the tragic collapse of an under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata, West Bengal, in which at least five labourers lost their lives Read more…
June 23, 2026: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding an ammonia gas leak at a private shrimp processing factory in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district, which allegedly claimed the lives Read more…