https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191906 The statutory power to constitute State Human Rights Commissions was read as a power coupled with duty, because a permissive construction would defeat the Act's object of effective State-level human rights protection. Vacancies in Commissions were required to be filled expeditiously to keep them functional and avoid administrative delay undermining redress. States were also directed to take appropriate steps under the Act to specify Human Rights Courts for speedy trial of human rights offences. Additional safeguards, including CCTV coverage, non-official visitors, action in custodial culpability cases, and deployment of women constables where needed, were treated as practical measures to strengthen prevention and enforcement. en-us Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 May 2017 08:44:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191906 The statutory power to constitute State Human Rights Commissions was read as a power coupled with duty, because a permissive construction would defeat the Act's object of effective State-level human rights protection. Vacancies in Commissions were required to be filled expeditiously to keep them functional and avoid administrative delay undermining redress. States were also directed to take appropriate steps under the Act to specify Human Rights Courts for speedy trial of human rights offences. Additional safeguards, including CCTV coverage, non-official visitors, action in custodial culpability cases, and deployment of women constables where needed, were treated as practical measures to strengthen prevention and enforcement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191906