NHRC, India Illustration 3.7: Cases disposed of during 2021-22 3.28 At the end of the reporting period, i.e., on 31 March 2022, the total number of cases pending with the Commission was 16,515,which includes 4864 cases awaiting preliminary consideration and 11,651 cases pending for reports from the authorities concerned or the reports received being pending for consideration by the Commission (Annexure – 3). Preventing Custodial Violence 3.29 The NHRC received 2,367 intimations concerning death in judicial custody1, and 175 intimations of death in police custody during the year 2021-2022 and oneintimation of death in para-military/ defence forces custody was also reported during the review period. It disposed of 1,316 cases of custodial death. Out of these 1,316 cases, 1,248 cases relate to death in judicial custody, 67 cases of deaths/rapes in police custody and onecaseof death in the custody of para-military forces. These figures contain cases of previous years as well. Please see the Graph below for all details. 1 In the Annual Report, judicial custody means persons in jails as per the orders of the court. ANNUAL REPORT 22 2021-22