National Human Right Commission
All complaints received in the Commission are assigned a diary number and
thereafter scrutinized and processed using the Complaint Management and
Information System (CMIS) software especially devised for this purpose.
After registration of complaints, they are placed before the Commission for its
directions and accordingly, follow up action is taken by the Division in these
cases till their final disposal. Cases of important nature are taken up by the
Full Commission and matters pertaining to deaths in police custody or police
action are considered by the Division Benches. Some important cases are also
considered in sittings of the Commission in open court hearings. The Division
has also been organizing camp sittings in State capitals to expedite disposal of
pending complaints and sensitize the State functionaries on the human rights
issues. The Commission has also been organizing open hearings regarding
atrocities on Scheduled Castes in the country to have direct interaction with
the affected persons belonging to Scheduled Castes. The Division further
provides its views / opinion on various Bills/draft legislations referred to it
for better protection and promotion of human rights. The Law Division has
come out with few important publications like “NHRC & HRDs : The Growing
Synergy”, etc. There is also a Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders who is
accessible to HRDs round the clock through (i) Mobile No. 9810298900, (ii) Fax
No. 24651334, and (iii) E-mail: hrd-nhrc@nic.in.
3.14 The Division is headed by a Registrar (Law), who is assisted by Presenting
Officers, a Joint Registrar, a number of Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars,
Section Officers and other secretarial staff.
3.15 The Investigation Division carries out spot investigations all over the
country on behalf of the NHRC. Furthermore, it facilitates collection of facts
relating to varied complaints made to the Commission, scrutiny of reports
received from the police and other investigation agencies and looking into
reports of custodial violence or other misdemeanours. In addition, the Division
analyzes the intimations and reports from the State authorities regarding
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