June 20, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that a 16-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district was illegally detained in an adult prison for nearly two months Read more…
June 15, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning the death of an elderly woman who allegedly endured 12 years of social boycott in Mahuldiha village of Odisha’s Sundargarh Read more…
May 23, 2026 : The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports concerning the alleged abduction, gang-rape, and forced religious conversion of a Dalit woman in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area. NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has Read more…
May 20, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports alleging the arbitrary arrest and detention of five environmental activists who were protesting against tree-felling activities around Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park Read more…
April 8, 2026 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has formally intervened following a harrowing media report detailing the unlawful detention and systematic torture of an online journalist by the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat. According Read more…
March 30, 2026 : The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kosumbha village under Vishnugarh block in Hazaribagh district, describing the incident as heinous and a “blot on Read more…
New Delhi, January 13, 2026 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench at New Delhi, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report highlighting extensive tree felling across several districts of Madhya Pradesh, raising serious concerns about compliance Read more…