8 1. Death of Infants due to Malnutrition in Attapaddi Region, Kerala (Case No. 443/11/10/2013) ........................................................................ 139 2. Failure to Identify Beneficiaries under National Food Security Act, 2013 (Case No. 3623/4/0/2014) ......................................................... 139 3. Suo Motu Cognizance of a News Item Captioned “Hunger deaths stalk Bengal tea country” (Case No. 1041/25/10/2014) ............................ 140 4. Suo Motu Cognizance of a News Item Captioned “Mid-day meals land 350 kids in hospital” (Case No. 807/10/1/2014) ............................... 141 5. Students Fall Sick due to Contaminated Mid-Day Meal Served in a Government School in Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 35370/24/7/2013).......... 141 RIGHT TO EDUCATION...................................................................................... 143 A. Monitoring of Recommendations Relating to Right to Education of Children under the Second Cycle of Universal Periodic Review ...................... 144 B. Illustrative Case Related to Right to Education Dealt by NHRC ...................... 144 1. 9 Acute Shortage of Middle Schools and Primary Schools Forces Children to Walk Miles in Bihar (Case No. 2199/4/0/2014) ..................... 144 RIGHTS OF SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS ............................................................ 147 A. Study on Atrocities against Dalits : An Empirical Study on the Performance of Special Courts in Tamil Nadu ............................................................................ 148 B. Bonded Labour System ..................................................................................... 148 C. Meeting of NHRC Core Group on Bonded Labour .......................................... 149 D. Illustrative Cases Related to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Vulnerable Groups Dealt by NHRC ........................................................ 149 viii 1. Misappropriation of Funds Pertaining to Old Age Pension Scheme in District Dhenkanal, Odisha (Case No. 2041/18/4/2014) ....................... 149 2. Suicide by Secretary of Self Help Group, Mahichapalli, Rajnagar and Kendrapara in Odisha (Case No. 119/18/27/2011) ............................. 150 National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015