NHRC to hold two-day camp in Mumbai to hear pending cases of HR violations

The National Human Rights Commission will hold a twoday camp sitting in Mumbai from Wednesday to hear pending cases of alleged human rights violations in Maharashtra a senior official saidThe state authorities and the complainants concerned have also been asked to be present at the hearing to facilitate onspot deliberations the National Human Rights Commission NHRC said in a statement on TuesdayBesides hearing cases the aim of the twoday camp sitting is to sensitise the state officials about human rights and interact with the representatives of NGOs and human rights defenders it said in the statementAlso read Maha Spurned by woman man kidnaps her 8yearold nephew heldNHRC Member DM Mulay will inaugurate the camp sitting in the presence of NHRC Member Rajiv Jain and senior officers at Sahyadri State Guest House on Wednesday Thereafter they will hear the pending cases it addedThe cases relate to death due to negligence of the electricity department denial of retiral benefits irregularities in Nagpur Central Jail alleged negligence to protect the fundamental human rights of people belonging to Koli community death of eleven people in a building collapse incidents of bonded labour involving child labourers etc the NHRC saidOn Thursday the commission will meet representatives of NGOs and human rights defenders After that the commission will brief the media about the outcome of the camp sitting in order to have a wider dissemination of information on human rights issues of the state and the actions taken by itSuch hearings provide a platform for speedy justice to victims of human rights violations Starting from 2007 the commission has so far held camp sittings in Uttar Pradesh Bihar Karnataka Odisha Gujarat Assam Meghalaya Chhattisgarh Manipur Madhya Pradesh Punjab Kerala Puducherry Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Andaman amp Nicobar Islands Nagaland Uttarakhand Rajasthan Arunachal Pradesh West Bengal and Tamil Nadu it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever