Newspaper on 18 November 1995 under the caption "She fell into her grave, courtesy the Railways' about the death of Ms Sarika, a young girl of 20 years, on account of negligence of the Railways. The plate in the wastibule connecting two coaches of the train was missing. Sarika while moving from one coach to another, 8tepped on that particular area, which should have been covered with a metal plate. The area was covered only with a floor mat and she fell down and was run over. The Commission obtained a report from the Railway authorities. In the report submitted by the Railway authorities it was stated t h d the staff responsible for the negligence had been placed under suspension and action initiated against them. The Commission held that the accident occurred due to negligence on the part of the Railways and they were therefore liable to pay compensation. Accordingly payment of a sum of Rs. 1 lakh as interim compensation to the parents of the deceased was recommended. -. C The Ministry of Railways has requested the Commission to reconsider its recommendation and stated that the complainant be asked to file the claim before the Railway Claims Tribunal for payment of compensation. The matter is under further consideration, (xiv) M a u cnmatlan of unidentified dead bodies by Punjab pollce :Refeml by Supmme Court Writ Petitions (Criminal No.447195, Committee for information and Initiative on Punjab vs State of Punjab and others and Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 497195, Paramjit Kaur vs Punjab and others) filed before the Supreme Court of India were referred to NHRC, with the following Orders dated 12 December 1986 : "Two issues were raised before this Court in Mrs Pararnjit Kaur us State of Punjab and Om. in Writ Petition (Crl) No. 497195 and the connected Writ Petition (Crl) No. 447195. The first issue concern the abduction of Mr J S Khalra, General Secretary, Human Rlghtr Wing of Shiromani Akali Dal. This Court after monitoring has passed final order so far as issue regarding Mr Khalra is concerned. The w n d issue raised in the Writ Petitions related to the Press Note dated January 16, 1985 issued by the Human Rights Wmg of the Shirornani Akali Dd under the signatures of Khalra and J S Dhillon under the caption 'DISAPPEARED'. 'CREMATION GROUNDS'. The Press Note stated that large number of persons were cremated by labelling them as unidentified. This court dealt with the second issue as under :'The second issue highlighted in this petition is equally important. This Court

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