NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
the number of complaints of alleged human rights violation was bound to increase. The State
Human Rights Commissions are also redressing a big chunk of such complaints now, and the
sensitivity and the respect for human rights amongst civil authorities is increasing day by day.
Due to these factors, the number of complaints of alleged human rights violations, received
in the Commission, has slightly come down from 1,17,808 cases registered by the Commission
in the year 2015-2016, to 91,887 cases in the year 2016-2017. The complaints, received in the
Commission, cover a wide range of issues such as alleged human rights violation due to negligence
by a public servant in the prevention of such violation, alleged custodial deaths, torture,
fake encounters, police high-handedness, violations committed by security forces, conditions
relating to prisons, atrocities committed on women and children and other vulnerable sections,
communal violence, bonded and child labour, non-payment of retiral benefits, negligence by
public authorities and atrocities on SC/ST, etc. The Commission also took cognizance of the
intimation received regarding deaths in police encounters and police custody, judicial custody
and in the custody of defence/para military forces. Suo motu cognizance of many incidents based
on reports in print and electronic media was taken, including those cases which came to the
notice of Chairperson, Members, Special Rapporteurs and Senior Officers of the Commission
during their visits to different parts of the country.
2.26 Details of the last five years perspectives on certain important parameters are given below:
Statement Showing No. of Cases Registered
(Data as per CMS as on 03/10/2017)
20122013
20132014
20142015
20152016
20162017
Death in Police Encounter (Inc. Code 812)
168
137
188
179
169
Custodial Death (Judicial) (Intimation)
(Inc. Code 301)
1557
1577
1588
1668
1616
Custodial Death (Police) (Intimation)
(Inc. Code 807)
143
140
130
151
145
Child Labour (Inc. Code 101)
121
63
716
66
50
Bonded Labour (Inc. Code 601)
3865
3174
1017
3345
240
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ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017