NHRC asks concerned State Governments to take action against NGOs or institutions misusing its name <br>

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has asked the concerned State Governments to take action against the National Human Rights Council of India (NHRCI) for misusing the name of the Commission. The concerned organization's email address also resembles the National Human Rights Commission's e-mail ID.
During the last several years, a number of instances of misuse of the name or the logo of the National Human Rights Commission by some institutions or individuals with ulterior motives have come to the notice of the Commission.
It has been observed that some NGOs send a copy of the appointment letters of their district and state level office bearers to the National Human Rights Commission thereby giving a false impression to the public at large that they are working on behalf of NHRC. Some of them also wrongly claim to be either members of NHRC or associated/affiliated/enlisted with it.
Taking cognizance of such illegal practice, the Commission listed the name and the logo of the Commission in the Schedule to the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 under entry no. 26 & 27 by inserting the name 'NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION' and its abbreviation 'NHRC/nhrc.' A gazette notification in this regard has been issued on the 10th March, 2008.
There are no branches of the National Human Rights Commission in any district or state, and it neither registers nor authorizes any non-government organization to carry out work in the field of human rights on its behalf. Any institution/NGO claiming to be functioning on behalf of NHRC or having affiliation with it is liable for action against it by the concerned State Authorities as per the law.