7 13. Suo Motu Cognizance of News Item Captioned “India has highest number of maternal deaths” (Case No. 22/90/0/2014-WC) ...................... 127 14. NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Quacks and Fake Doctors in Tamil Nadu (Case No. 1892/22/6/2014)................................................ 127 15. Non-implementation of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Case No. 86/30/0/2014).................................. 129 16. Residents of Sirsa in Haryana Face Health Problems due to Heavy Smoke Emitting from Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bathinda, Punjab (Case No. 8051/7/18/2014)............................................................ 129 17. Shortage of Drugs for HIV Patients across India, Especially in Delhi and Mumbai (Case No. 6223/30/0/2014) .................................................. 130 18. Risk of Health to Habitants of Number of States due to Presence of Fluoride Above the Permissible Level in Drinking Water (Case No.3094/20/0/2014)......................................................................... 131 19. Arbitrary Hike in Prices of 108 Essential Drugs (Case No. 8/30/0/2015).............................................................................. 132 20. Suo Motu Cognizance of a News Item Captioned “Delhi hospitals suffer acute staff crunch” (Case No. 5407/30/0/2014) .............................. 133 21. Suo Motu Cognizance of a News Item Captioned “Docs play truant in health centres, pulled up” (Case No. 2659/30/0/2014).......................... 133 22. Suo Motu Cognizance of a News Report Captioned “19 go blind after surgery in Panipat” (Case No. 2703/7/15/2014) ........................................ 134 RIGHT TO FOOD .................................................................................................. 135 A. A Study of Prevailing Right to Food Situation among BPL Families in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ................................................................................. 137 B. Monitoring of Recommendations Relating to Right to Food under the Second Cycle of Universal Periodic Review ..................................................... 138 C. Illustrative Cases on Right to Food Dealt by NHRC ......................................... 138 National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015 vii

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