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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
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