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of collabora ve measures; (v) organise sensi sa on
programme for women about their rights; and (vi)
organise various programmes on the issues of
workers involved in hazardous works to overcome
their problems. These recommenda ons were sent
to the Chief Secretaries of all States/ UTs for necessary ac on.
3.4 Camp Si ngs
3.4.1 Camp si ngs were held in Mumbai, Maharashtra in
January 2023 where 324 cases were taken into
considera on. The si ng details of the Commission
are provided in Annex 5.
3.5 Cases of Human Rights Viola ons
3.5.1 The total number of cases dealt by the Commission
during the period of report was 3308; Cases of
Judicial Custodial Deaths were 2391; Police Custodial Deaths were 363; and Fact Finding Cases were
554. Month wise detail of cases processed by the
Commission is listed in Annex 6.
3.5.2 During the month of July 2022, the Commission
visited Central Jail, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and
Government Protec ve Home; and Ins tu on of
Mental Health and Hospital, Agra, U ar Pradesh, to
access the living condi ons, treatment, reforma on
or protec on of the inmates.
3.5.3 On the direc ons of the Commission, a spot fact
finding enquiry was conducted in December 2022,
under the supervision of Shri Rajiv Jain, Member. In
hooch tragedy affected districts of State of Bihar to
access the status of treatment given to affected
persons and other essen al urgent facili es
provided to them. On considera on of spot fact
finding enquiry, the Commission directed the Chief
Secretary, Govt. of Bihar to submit an Ac on Taken
Report on inadequate health preparedness,
suppression of facts, absence of relief/ compensaon, etc.
3.6 Visits by Chairperson and Members
3.6.1 Total of 21 visits were made by the Chairperson and
Members of the Commission, at various places
across the country, including Central Jail, Chapra,
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Bihar; LBS Na onal Academy of Administra on,
Mussoorie; Indian Ins tute of Tourism and Travel
Management (IITTM), Govindpuri, Gwalior;
Maharashtra Na onal Law University, Nagpur;
North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya; amongst
others. Details of the visits can be seen at Annex 7.
3.7 Complaints addressed
3.7.1 The Commission's decisions/ orders/ direc ons,
guidelines, advisories, recommenda ons have
enabled the Commission to reduce the pendency of
the complaints and there has also been a decrease
in the number of complaints received by the
Commission.
• 1,04,128 cases were registered, and 1,09,909
cases were disposed of during the year 2022-23,
which included 9,313 cases, transferred to the
State Human Rights Commission u/s 13(6) of the
PHRA, 1993, for disposal in accordance with the
provisions of the Act. It also included cases
registered in previous years, which were pending
for disposal. Of the total number of cases
disposed of by the Commission, 6,46,22 were
dismissed 'in limine'. The Commission disposed
of 23,910 cases with direc ons to the appropriate authori es for remedial measures during
2022-23.
• 28,099 cases were registered, and 29,578 cases
were disposed of during the quarter 01 April
2022- 30 June 2022.
• 37,133 cases were registered, and 41,353 cases
were disposed of during the quarter 01 July
2022- 30 September.
• 20,386 cases were registered, and 25,631 cases
were disposed of during the quarter 01 October
2022- 30 December 2022.
• 18,510 cases were registered, and 22,070 cases
were disposed of during the quarter 01 January
2022- 30 March 2022.
3.7.2 Out of the 1, 04, 128 cases registered by the Commission during 2022-23 (Annex–1), 37,415 cases
were from the State of U ar Pradesh; 6,876 cases
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