38 : CIVIL LIBERTIES 3.77 The Commission is monitoring the progress of the action taken by the State Government on its recommendations. J] Improvement of Forensic Science Laboratories 3.78 To improve the forensic science services in the coimtry, which are at present gready in need of attention, the Commission had constituted a Core Group of Experts to study all aspects of the subject and to report to it. The Group examined the State forensic science laboratories and services available in the country and submitted its report, which was released to the public personally by Shri L. K. Advani, Union Minister for Home Affairs, on 11 January 1998. Copies of the report were thereafter sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories. As there was no reacdon from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the report, the Commission considered it essendal to remind that Ministry, on 9 August 2000, that a response was due. An interim reply was subsequendy received from the Ministry of Home Affairs on 5 September 2000, stating that the matter was under consideration. The Commission wrote to the Ministry again, on 10 October 2000, asking for more specific information on the action, if any, that was being taken. 3.79 The Commission is of the view that the report prepared by the Core Group of experts contained many valuable recommendations. The forensic science services in the country are woefully inadequate. The Commission therefore urges the Ministry of Home Affairs and the various State/UT Governments to act promptly on the report, which has now been with them for over three years. Failure to improve the forensic science services is gravely affecting the administration of criminal justice in the country and leading to serious violations of human rights. K] Large Volume Parenterals: Towards Zero Defect 3.80 On receipt of a complaint regarding contaminated life-saving I.V. fluids, the Commission took up the varied implications of this issue which related not only to the health care of the citizens of the coimtry but also to their right to life. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION