NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA Number of Cases Custodial Death/Rapes Registered and Disposed during 2019-2020 Registered: 1700 Disposed off: 2174 (Including Disposal of Cases of previous years) 2.45 Recommendations of NHRC for Monetary Relief and its Compliance i. During the period 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020, the Commission recommended Rs.12,32,05,002/- as payment of monetary relief/compensation to the victims/next of kin of the deceased in 437 cases. Out of the 437 cases in which monetary relief was recommended, compliance reports were received only in 113 cases, wherein a total amount of Rs. 4,16,30,002/- was paid to the victims/next-of-kin (NoK) of the deceased. The State/ Union Territory-wise details of these cases are at Annexure-4. ii. As on 31.03.2020, compliance reports were awaited in 324 cases wherein monetary relief amounting to Rs. 8,15,75,000/- was recommended during the year (details of the cases at Annexure-5). Apart from the recommendations for monetary relief, the Commission also recommended disciplinary action against the errant public servants in two cases (details of the cases at Annexure-5A). The Commission, once again, recommends to all those States/ Union Territories, in particular the Government of Uttar Pradesh, to take speedy action on cases pending with them for compliance so that the monetary relief recommended in each case is immediately given to the victim/NoK. iii. As is evident from the given Annexure 4, during 2019-2020, a total of 101 cases were found to be pending with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, 43 with the Government of Odisha, 28 cases with the Government of Bihar, 23 cases with Government of Delhi, 18 Cases with the Government of Rajasthan, 15 cases with the Government of Jharkhand, 11 cases each with the Government of Assam and the Government of Punjab, 10 with the Government of Madhya Pradesh, 09 Cases with the Government of Maharashtra, 07 cases each with the Government of Haryana and Government of Telangana, 06 cases each with the Government of West Bengal and the Government of Chhattisgarh, 04 Cases each with the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of Uttarakhand, 03 cases each ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 23