NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Cases Disposed of by NHRC during 2017-2018 2.44 At the end of the reporting period i.e., on 31st March, 2018, the total number of cases pending with the Commission was 25,775. These covered 2,212 cases awaiting preliminary consideration and 23,563 cases pending either for want of reports from the authorities concerned or the reports received being pending for consideration by the Commission (Annexure -3 ). CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Preventing Custodial Violence 2.45 The NHRC received 1,636 intimations concerning death in judicial custody1, and 148 intimations of death in police custody during the year 2017-18. One intimation of death in para-military/defence forces custody was also reported during the review period. It disposed of 2,151 cases of custodial death. Out of these 2,151 cases, 1,945 cases relate to death in judicial custody, 205 cases of death in police custody and one case of death in the custody of paramilitary forces. These figures contain cases of previous years as well. The Graph below gives the details. 1 In the Annual Report, judicial custody means persons in jails as per the orders of the court. 18 Annual Report 2017-2018