Recommendations for Relief
Apart from the large number of cases taken up daily by individual Members, 198 cases were considered during four sittings of the Full Commission and seventeen sittings of Division Benches in February, 2013.
On 36 cases, listed in the table below, the Commission recommended monetary relief amounting to a total of Rs. 67,25,000/- for the victims or their next of kin, where it found that public servants had either violated human rights or been negligent in protecting them.
Sl.No. Case Number Nature of Complaint Amount Recommended (in rupees) Public Authority
1 1063/4/11/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Two Lakh Govt. of Bihar
2 350/33/1/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Three Lakh Govt. of Chhattisgarh
3 2218/7/17/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Five Lakh Govt. of Haryana
4 2200/12/11/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Madhya Pradesh
5 6/12/22/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Three Lakh Govt. of Madhya Pradesh
6 2163/13/23/2010-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Maharashtra
7 423/18/32/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Odisha
8 10868/24/7/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) Fifty Thousand Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
9 28810/24/1/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
10 37451/24/48/09-10-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
11 422/25/5/2011-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of West Bengal
12 250/1/16/2012-JCD Custodial Death (Judicial) One Lakh Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
13 29751/24/21/2011-AD Alleged Custodial Death (Judicial) Three Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
14 378/20/14/2012-PCD Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Rajasthan
15 102/1/23/2011-PCD Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
16 1049/6/21/2011-PCD Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Gujarat
17 966/6/1/2011-PCD Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Gujarat
18 283/12/47/2011-PCD Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Madhya Pradesh
19 844/22/15/2011-AD Alleged Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Tamil Nadu
20 699/22/13/09-10-AD Alleged Custodial Death (Police) Three Lakh Govt. of Tamil Nadu
21 797/35/13/2012-AD Alleged Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of Uttarakhand
22 1128/25/11/2010-AD Alleged Custodial Death (Police) One Lakh Govt. of West Bengal
23 1160/6/2003-2004 Arbitrary use of Power (Police) Fifty Five Thousand Govt. of Gujarat
24 18481/24/2005-2006 Death in Police Encounter Five Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
25 538/13/21/07-08 Death in Police Firing Five Lakh Govt. of Maharashtra
26 36299/24/1/09-10 Unlawful Detention (Police) Five Thousand Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
27 45214/24/20/2011 Failure in taking Lawful Action One Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
28 8634/24/57/2012 Failure in taking Lawful Action Two Lakh Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
29 1518/34/14/2011-WC Abduction, Rape & Murder Fifty Thousand Govt. of Jharkhand
30 125/25/13/2011-AF Fake Encounter (Para Military/ Defence Forces) Ten Lakh Union Home Ministry
31 305/6/21/2011 Harassment of Prisoners Ten Thousand Govt. of Gujarat
32 815/20/6/2010 Inaction by State Govt./Central Govt. Officials Six Lakh Govt. of Rajasthan
33 197/25/4/2012-WC Indignity of Women Fifty Thousand Govt. of West Bengal
34 270/19/15/2012 Irregularities in Govt. Hospital/Primary Health Centre Fifty Five Thousand Govt. of Punjab
35 42/9/0/2012 Malfunctioning of Medical Professionals One Lakh Govt. of J & K
36 1311/34/18/2012-WC Sexual harassment at Workplace (Govt. Offices) Fifty Thousand Govt. of Jharkhand