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National Human Rights Commission of India

Index National Human Rights Commission of India

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. [1]

78 relations: Adarsh Sein Anand, Agartala, Assam Human rights Commission, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bihar Human rights Commission, Chandigarh, Chennai, Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission, Chief Justice of India, Civil service, Constitution of India, Dehradun, Delhi High Court, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Ex officio member, Fali Sam Nariman, Gandhinagar, Gangtok, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission, Guwahati, H. L. Dattu, Human rights education, Hyderabad, Imphal, India, Indian National Congress, J. S. Verma, Jaipur, Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission, K. G. Balakrishnan, Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, Kerala State Human Rights Commission, Kolkata, Leader of the Opposition (India), Lok Sabha, Lucknow, M. N. Venkatachaliah, Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, Minister of Home Affairs (India), Mumbai, National Commission for Minorities, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women, New Delhi, Non-governmental organization, Odisha Human Rights Commission, Panaji, ..., Patna, Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Prashant Bhushan, President of India, Prime Minister of India, Raipur, Rajasthan State Human rights Commission, Rajya Sabha, Ranchi, Ranganath Misra, S. Rajendra Babu, Shillong, Shimla, Shivani Bhatnagar, Sikkim State Human Rights Commission, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Srinagar, State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu, Sudarshan Agarwal, Supreme court, Supreme Court of India, Terrorism, Thiruvananthapuram, Treaty, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission, Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission, V. R. Krishna Iyer, West Bengal Human Rights Commission. Expand index (28 more) »

Adarsh Sein Anand

Adarsh Sein Anand (1 November 1936 – 1 December 2017) was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.

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Agartala

Agartala 'আগরতলা (Bengali)' is the capital of the Indian state of Tripura as well as the second largest city in North-east India after Guwahati, both in municipal area and population.

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Assam Human rights Commission

The Assam Human rights Commission was constituted on 19 March 1996.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Bhopal

Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal district and Bhopal division.

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Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, also spelt as Bhubaneshwar or Bhuvanēśvar, is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha.

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Bihar Human rights Commission

Bihar Human Rights Commission was established on 3 January 2000 by Notification No.

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Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in India that serves as the capital of the two neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission

Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission become functional on 16 April 2001 with appointment of first Chairperson, Justice K. M. Agrawal, a former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court and Shri K. A. Jacob, former D. G. P. of Bihar as the founder members by Notification No.

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Chief Justice of India

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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Dehradun

Dehradun or Dehra Dun is the interim capital city of Uttarakhand, a state in the northern part of India.

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Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi (IAST: dillī uchcha nyāyālaya) was established on 31 October 1966.

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Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

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Ex officio member

An ex officio member is a member of a body (a board, committee, council, etc.) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.

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Fali Sam Nariman

Fali Sam Nariman (born 10 January 1929) is an Indian jurist.

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Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar is the capital of the state of Gujarat in Western India.

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Gangtok

Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim.

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Gujarat State Human Rights Commission

The Gujarat State Human Rights Commission is an autonomous state body with quasi-judicial powers tasked to investigate any violation of human rights in the western state of Gujarat in India.

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Guwahati

Guwahati (Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam, Gauhati in the modern era) is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also the largest urban area in Northeast India.

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H. L. Dattu

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Human rights education

The Advocates for Human Rights Organization defined human rights education as the learning process that builds up the required knowledge, values, and proficiency of human rights.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian state of Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh.

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Imphal

Imphal is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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J. S. Verma

Jagdish Sharan Verma (18 January 1933 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998.

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Jaipur

Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India.

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Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission

The Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission is an autonomous state body with quasi-judicial powers tasked to investigate any violation of human rights in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir in India.

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K. G. Balakrishnan

Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (K. G. Balakrishnan) (b. 12 May 1945) was the former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India.

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Karnataka State Human Rights Commission

The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission was formally constituted by the Government order No.

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Kerala State Human Rights Commission

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 11 December 1998 with the appointment of the first Chairperson Justice M.M. Pareed Pillay, a former Chief Justice Kerala High Court along with Dr.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Leader of the Opposition (India)

The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in either House of the Parliament of India.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous District and Division.

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M. N. Venkatachaliah

Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India.

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Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission

The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) was constituted on 6 March 2001 with the appointment of Justice A. D. Mane from Bombay High Court as the first Chairperson along with Dr.Vijay Chitnis and Shri.

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Minister of Home Affairs (India)

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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National Commission for Minorities

Constitution of India doesn't define the word 'Minority' but has used the word minorities considering two attributes religion or language of a person.

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National Commission for Scheduled Castes

National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is an Indian constitutional body established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Scheduled Castes to promote and protect their social, educational, economic and cultural interests, special provisions were made in the Constitution.

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National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003.

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National Commission for Women

The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Odisha Human Rights Commission

Odisha Human Rights commission was constituted on 27 January 2000 via home department notification No.

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Panaji

Panaji also known as Panjim, Pangim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary in the Ilhas de Goa sub-district (taluka). With a population of 114,759 in the metropolitan area, Panjim is Goa's largest Urban agglomeration, ahead of Margão and Vasco da Gama. Panjim has terraced hills, concrete buildings with balconies and red-tiled roofs, churches, and a riverside promenade. There are avenues lined with gulmohar, acacia and other trees. The Baroque Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church is located overlooking the main square known as Praça da Igreja. Panjim has been selected as one of hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart Cities Mission. This city of stepped streets and a seven kilometre long promenade was built on a planned grid system after the Portuguese relocated the capital form Velha Goa in the 17th century. It was elevated from a town to a city on March 22, 1843 making it the oldest civic institution in Asia (175 years).

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Patna

Patna is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India.

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Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Pinaki Chandra Ghose (born 28 May 1952) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

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Prashant Bhushan

Prashant Bhushan is an Indian lawyer, activist and politician.

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President of India

The President of the Republic of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India.

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Raipur

Raipur is a city in Raipur district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

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Rajasthan State Human rights Commission

The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission is a State Government body constituted on January 18, 1999 to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to, a State Human Commission under chapter-V of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

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Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India.

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Ranchi

Ranchi is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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Ranganath Misra

Ranganath Misra MA, LLM (25 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was as the 21st Chief Justice of India, serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991.

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S. Rajendra Babu

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Shillong

Shillong (Khasi: Shillong) is a hill station in the northeastern part of India and the capital of Meghalaya, which means "The Abode of Clouds" and is one of the smallest states in India.

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Shimla

Shimla, also known as Simla, is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Shivani Bhatnagar

Shivani Bhatnagar (died January 23, 1999) was a journalist working for the Indian Express newspaper.

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Sikkim State Human Rights Commission

Sikkim State Human Rights Commission was constituted on 18 October 2008 vied notification No.

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Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.

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Srinagar

Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu

The State Human Rights Commission of Tamil Nadu become functional vied notification G.O.Ms: 1466 on 17 March 1997.

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Sudarshan Agarwal

Sudarshan Agarwal (born 19 June 1931.) is the former Governor of Uttarakhand and Sikkim from October 2007, UPI (newkerala.com), 25 October 2007.

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Supreme court

A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions.

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Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.

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Terrorism

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among masses of people; or fear to achieve a financial, political, religious or ideological aim.

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Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, also known as Trivandrum, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Treaty

A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.

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Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission

In the State of Uttar Pradesh, the State Human Rights Commission was established on 4 April 1996.

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Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission

The Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission became fully functional in the true sense after appointment of Justice Vijender Jain, a former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court who took charge as the first Chairperson on 13 May 2013.

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V. R. Krishna Iyer

Justice Vaidyanathapuram Rama Iyer Krishna Iyer (15 November 1915 – 4 December 2014) referred to as a conscience keeper of justice in India, was a visionary and a pathbreaking judge, who reformed the Indian criminal justice system with bold changes to jails & police stations, and forged new tools to dispense social justice & justice in the public interest, which stood not just the test of time, but had a profound impact on justice delivery in India in the decades which followed.

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West Bengal Human Rights Commission

The Government of West Bengal constituted this Commission vide Notification No.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Human_Rights_Commission_of_India

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