NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION spectrum of the human rights has also significantly widened through legislation as well as judicial pronouncements, bringing new concepts of human rights and more rights in the ambit of human rights. There is wider discussion and debate about the fourth generation human rights. People are coming forward voluntarily for the cause of protection of human rights, and the number of volunteers and NGOs working for safeguard of human rights is increasing manifold. As a result, the number of complaints of alleged human rights violation was bound to increase. The State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) 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 91,887 cases registered by the Commission in the year 2016-2017, to 79,612 cases in the year 2017-2018. 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. 2.37 Details of the last five years perspectives on certain important parameters are given below: Statement Showing No. of Cases Registered (Data as per CMS) Financial Year 20132014 20142015 20152016 20162017 20172018 Death in Police Encounter (Inc. Code 812) 137 188 179 169 164 Custodial Death (Judicial) (Intimation)(Inc. Code 301) 1577 1588 1668 1616 1636 Custodial Death (Police) (Intimation)(Inc. Code 807) 140 130 151 145 148 12 Annual Report 2017-2018