Press Releases

S.No.	Title	Release Date	Action
1	NHRC, India to hear online 216 cases of alleged bonded labour in the brick kilns across various districts of Uttar Pradesh on 16th April 2026	13-Apr-2026	View
2	NHRC invites entries for its 12th annual competition for short films on human rights	10-Apr-2026	View
3	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of one and injuries to seven others in an explosion at a private steel plant in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand	09-Apr-2026	View
4	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported consumption of illicit liquor by a student mistaking it as soft drink stored in a huge quantity at the dilapidated toilet of his school in Siswa area of Begusarai district, Bihar	09-Apr-2026	View
5	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the media report about 18 girls falling ill after consuming food from a hostel in the Memnagar area of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat	09-Apr-2026	View
6	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported illegal detention and torture of a journalist by the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat	08-Apr-2026	View
7	NHRC, India presents awards to the seven winners of its human rights Short Film Competition 2025	07-Apr-2026	View
8	NHRC, India organised a meeting of the Core Group on Right to Food and Nutrition on the theme 'Tackling Food Adulteration in India: Understanding the Scale, Challenges and Reforms'	07-Apr-2026	View
9	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 285 inmates in different jails in Chhattisgarh over the past four years	26-Mar-2026	View
10	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a woman and injuries to 16 others in a ropeway accident in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh	26-Mar-2026	View
11	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 16 people due to consumption of adulterated milk in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh since mid-February	26-Mar-2026	View
12	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of nine members of a family and injuries to three others in a fire at Palam area of South-West Delhi	24-Mar-2026	View
13	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of three sanitation workers while cleaning a septic tank in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh	24-Mar-2026	View
14	NHRC, India’s 2-week Online Short-Term Internship (OSTI) Programme, March – 2026 concludes today	20-Mar-2026	View
15	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a man bitten by dog due to medical negligence in Sonipat, Haryana	20-Mar-2026	View
16	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported serious injuries to two students when a ceiling fan fell down in the class at the government higher primary school in Barmer, Rajasthan	20-Mar-2026	View
17	NHRC, India organises Open House Discussion on ‘Access to Social Media by Children’	18-Mar-2026	View
18	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported physical assault of a woman from Manipur by a group of boys after she objected to their lewd and racial abuse in Malviya Nagar area of South Delhi	13-Mar-2026	View
19	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported increasing number of missing people and the poor record in tracing them	13-Mar-2026	View
20	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of seven workers and injuries to three others in a wall collapse at an under-construction site near the Bilaspur area of Gurugram, Haryana	13-Mar-2026	View
21	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a newborn due to negligence by the staff of Chakradharpur Sub-Divisional Hospital in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand	13-Mar-2026	View
22	NHRC announces 7 winners of its 11th annual competition for short films on Human Rights	12-Mar-2026	View
23	NHRC, India begins its Online Short Term Internship Programme for March 2026	09-Mar-2026	View
24	NHRC suo motu intervention results in the MEA swiftly getting rescued six Indian workers facing torture in captivity by their employer in Thailand since last several months	07-Mar-2026	View
25	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported evacuation of over 2,600 people due to hazardous gas leakage at a chemical unit in Palghar district of Maharashtra	05-Mar-2026	View
26	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two municipal sanitation workers in a sewer chamber in Indore, Madhya Pradesh	05-Mar-2026	View
27	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of 18 workers and severe burn injuries to 24 others in an explosion at an explosives manufacturing unit at Raulgaon in Katol taluka area in Nagpur, Maharashtra	05-Mar-2026	View
28	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a boy after falling into an uncovered drain in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh	03-Mar-2026	View
29	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance over the botched cataract surgery resulting in removal of 9 patients' infected eye and vision loss of 9 others at a private hospital in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh	03-Mar-2026	View
30	NHRC, India, organises an Open House Discussion on “Measures to Curb Spurious Medicines in India”	26-Feb-2026	View
31	NHRC, India organises an Open House Discussion on ‘Rethinking Beggary: Bridging Gaps between Policy, Practice and Dignity’	25-Feb-2026	View
32	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported Indian workers held in captivity by their employer without salary and proper food in an area near Bangkok, Thailand for the last six months	23-Feb-2026	View
33	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported physical and sexual assault on a journalist covering students' protest in the North Campus of Delhi University	20-Feb-2026	View
34	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two persons and injuries to four others in a blast at a chemical plant in Basaralu area of Mandya district, Karnataka	19-Feb-2026	View
35	NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of misuse of its name and logo by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) registered under names deceptively similar to it	19-Feb-2026	View
36	NHRC, India’s Online Short Term Internship Programme for February 2026 concludes	17-Feb-2026	View