DISPOSAL OF REPORT CASES* CONCERNING WOMEN
(CATEGORY-WISE) DURING 2007-2008
(INCLUDES CASES OF PREVIOUS YEARS)
443
278
242
100
Indignity to
Women
117
89
77
Sexual
Alleged
Harrassment
of Women
Dowry Deaths
Abduction/
Dowry
Alleged
Demand
Exploitation of
Rape & Murder
Rape of
Women
Women
TOTAL CASES - 1,346
6.8
The Commission also disposed off 29 cases concerning child labour, 20 related to child
marriages and 82 pertaining to bonded labour. The State/UT-wise details are given in
Annexure -6.
6.9
Of the complaints relating to conditions in prisons, the Commission disposed off with
appropriate recommendations, 123 cases alleging harassment of prisoners, 28 alleging lack of
medical facilities in jails and 147 referring to other aspects of conditions in jails. The State/UT-wise
details are given in Annexure - 6.
6.10 The Commission disposed off 175 cases alleging atrocities against members of the
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, 3 cases of communal violence and 2,597 cases relating to
'other' incidents. The State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure - 6.
DISPOSAL OF REPORT CASES* RELATING TO ATROCITIES ON SCHEDULED CASTES/TRIBES,
CHILD LABOUR, CHILD MARRIAGES, BONDED LABOUR, JAIL CONDITIONS AND
'OTHER' INCIDENTS DURING 2007-2008
(INCLUDES CASES OF PREVIOUS YEARS)
2,597
29
20
82
123
Child Labour
Child
Marriage
Bonded
Labour
Harrassment
of Prisoners
28
Lack of
Medical
Facilities in
Jails
147
175
Jail
Conditions
Atrocities on
SC/ST
3
Communal
Violence
Other
Cases/Incidents
TOTAL CASES - 3,204
* Report cases are the cases other than those dismissed 'in limini' or disposed off with directions or transferred to SHRCs.
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