NHRC, India to hold 'Open Hearing & Camp Sitting' at - 26th July 2025 - National Human Rights Commission - Gazette Notification PDF

National Human Rights Commission NHRC, India to hold 'Open Hearing & Camp Sitting' at Hyderabad on 28th – 29th July, 2025 During the Camp Sitting, NHRC will hear 109 human rights violation cases of Telangana State authorities and complainants to be present during the hearing to expedite justice The Commission to interact with the senior officers of the State for their sensitisation on human rights Also to meet the representatives of civil society, NGOs and Human Rights Defenders to discuss human rights concerns to be followed by a media briefing Posted On: 26 JUL 2025 10:54AM by PIB Delhi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India is holding a two-day ‘Open Hearing and Camp Sitting’ at Hyderabad to hear 109 alleged human rights violations cases of Telangana on 28th – 29th July, 2025 to expedite justice to the victims. The NHRC Chairperson, Justice Shri V. Ramasubramanian, Members, Justice (Dr.) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Smt. Vijaya Bharathi Sayani will hear the cases in the presence of the complainants and the concerned State officers at the MCR HRD Institute, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad on 28th July, 2025 from 10.00 am. NHRC, India Secretary General, Shri Bharat Lal; Director General (Investigation), Shri R P Meena, Registrar (Law), Shri Joginder Singh and other senior officers will be present. The cases to be taken up during the hearing include alleged abuse of power by the police personnel, denial of benefits under various social welfare schemes of government, irregularities in jails, alleged negligence in protecting the human rights of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, rights of the students studying in various schools across the State, rights of the women including health issues faced by them especially the pregnant women and lactating mothers, and trafficking, among others. The next day on 29th July, 2025, the Commission will interact with senior officers of the State Government at 11.00 am to sensitise them on various human rights issues and importance of expeditious justice to the victims of human rights violations. The Commission will also review theproactive action taken by the Telangana government and its agencies on its various advisories for the welfare of different sections of society. Thereafter, the Commission will meet with the representatives of civil society organisations, NGOs and Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) at 2.00 pm to understand the human rights issues concerning the State. This meeting will be followed by a media briefing at 3.30 pm about the outcome of the Camp Sitting for a wider dissemination of information on the human rights issues in the State and the actions taken by the NHRC. The NHRC, India has been holding camp sittings from time-to-time in various states since 2007 to provide on-the-spot speedy justice to the victims of human rights violations. Last week, it held a very productive 'Open Hearing and Camp Sitting' in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Earlier, it has held ‘Camp Sittings’ in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat, Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. ***** NSK (Release ID: 2148757)