CHAPTER 2 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Preventing Custodial Violence 2.15 The NHRC received 1,589 intimations concerning death in judicial custody and 133 intimations of death in police custody. No intimation was received during the review period about death in para-military / defence forces custody. It disposed of 1,283 cases of custodial death – 1,187 cases of death in judicial custody, 96 cases of death in police custody and one case of death in the custody of para-military forces. The Commission received 192 intimations about deaths in police encounters/police action and disposed off 112 cases of deaths in police encounters, which include cases registered in previous years also. These figures contain cases of previous years as well. See the Graph below for all details. Recommendations of NHRC for Monetary Relief and its Compliance 2.16 During the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, the Commission recommended Rs. 9,07,90,000 as payment of monetary relief/compensation to the victims/next of kin of the deceased in 367 cases. Out of the total number of cases in which monetary relief was recommended, compliance reports were received in 59 cases only wherein a total amount of Rs. 1,00,85,000 was paid to the victims/next of kin of the deceased. The State/ Union Territory-wise details of these cases are at Annexure-4. 2.17 During the period under review, the NHRC awaited compliance reports in 308 cases wherein monetary relief amounting to Rs. 8,07,05,000 was recommended (Annexure-5). As is evident from the given Annexure, during 2014-2015, a total of 105 cases were found to be pending with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, 23 with the Government of Odisha and 21 with the Government of Bihar for compliance in which an amount of Rs. 2,05,25,000, Rs. 1,01,15,000 and Rs. 23,40,000 respectively was recommended by the Commission as monetary relief. Madhya Pradesh (17 / Rs. 78,00,000), Rajasthan (17 / Rs. 46,75,000), National Capital Territory of Delhi, (16 / Rs. 43,75,000), Jharkhand (13 / Rs. 1,17,00,000), Haryana (12 / Rs. 21,00,000), Maharashtra (12 / Rs. 15,25,000), Chhattisgarh (9/ Rs. 13,10,000), Tamil Nadu (7/ Rs. 10,50,000) , Kerala (6 / Rs. 16,00,000) and Uttarakhand (6 / Rs. 12,50,000) were the other States in descending order where the pendency was noticeable. The Commission, once again, recommends to all the States/Union Territories, in particular, the Governments of Bihar, NCT of Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, to take speedy action on cases pending with them for compliance so that the monetary relief recommended in each case is immediately given to the victim/next of their kin. 2.18 With regard to compliance reports relating to cases pertaining to previous years, compliance was awaited in 238 (193+45) cases, for details see Annexures - 6 & 7. National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015 11