Annual Report
2013-14
of women including by army/paramilitary personnel, indignity to women, irregularities/
malfunctioning in primary health centres and government hospitals, abduction/rape
including of a scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/other backward class woman, and nonpayment of pension. The details of these cases have been reported in earlier Annual Reports
of NHRC. The Commission once again calls upon all the aforementioned State Governments
to take immediate steps for sending their compliance reports to the Commission and
simultaneously take comprehensive steps for protection and promotion of civil, political,
economic, social and health rights, along with special measures to prevent acts of violence
and discrimination towards women, including those belonging to the scheduled castes,
scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
2.26 Annexure-7 gives details of cases pending compliance on the recommendations
made by the Commission for the period 1998-1999 to 2011-2012 for payment of monetary
relief, disciplinary action and prosecution. It would be seen that out of the 41 cases cited
in the specified Annexure, in nine cases the concerned State Governments have challenged
the recommendations of the Commission in their respective High Courts, and in most of
these cases, the final decision is awaited. These States are Kerala (3), Odisha (3), Jammu
and Kashmir (2) and NCT of Delhi (1). The Commission nonetheless makes a fervent appeal
to these Governments to expedite the cases pending in their respective High Courts. It
also trusts that the Governments of other States listed in Annexure-7 will adhere to the
recommendations made by the Commission and provide immediate respite to the victims/
next of their kin at the earliest.
Inspection of Police Stations and Jails
2.27 Seven Special Rapporteurs of the Commission visited seven police stations, six subjails, 12 district jails, 20 central jails and an exclusive jail for females located in various parts
of the country during the period under review. The names of some of the police stations
visited were Shymla Hills Police Station in Madhya Pradesh and Naughat Police Station,
Hirri Police Station, Ratanpur Police Station and Adarsh Police Station in Chhattisgarh.
2.28 Few of the sub-jails and district jails visited were – Solan sub-jail in Himachal
Pradesh, Dimapur sub-jail in Nagaland, Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat, Bhandara district jail in
Maharashtra, Hoshiarpur district jail in Pubjab, Bettiah in Bihar and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
The central jails visited, among others, were situated in States of Tripura, Manipur, Jharkhand,
Goa and Mizoram. The particulars of all the jails visited are given in Chapter 4 of this Annual
Report. The reports of the Special Rapporteurs on the basis of their visits are placed before
the Commission and thereafter, the recommendations of the Commission are forwarded to
the concerned State Governments for compliance.
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