Decide in six months plea on police action during BJYM rally in West Bengal: Delhi HC to NHRC
The Hindu
Justice Prathiba M. Singh noted that although the matter was “receiving due consideration” by the NHRC, the proceedings should be concluded in a time-bound manner as the incident pertained to 2020
The Delhi High Court on March 14 asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take a decision in six months on a complaint in relation to alleged police brutality during a rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in West Bengal in October 2020.
Justice Prathiba M. Singh noted that although the matter was “receiving due consideration” by the NHRC, the proceedings should be concluded in a time-bound manner as the incident pertained to 2020.
The court’s direction came on a petition by one Rohit Verma, a member of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, who has claimed that he participated in the peaceful “Nabanna Chalo” rally organised on October 8, 2020 in West Bengal, which allegedly became a “hunting ground for the police establishment” and witnessed “large-scale brutality”.
The rally, he has stated, was a peaceful protest against “ineffective, irresponsible, brutish, intimidatory, dictatorial and violent governance of the TMC-led State Government.” Counsel for the NHRC stated it has taken cognisance of the complaint in relation to the rally and was exercising its power under the law to deal with the same in an “independent and rational” manner.
The Commission is vigilant of the fact that it has to expedite orders in pending matters, he added.
“The court is of the opinion that the matter is receiving due consideration. However, considering the fact that the subject relates to an incident which took place in 2020, it is deemed appropriate to direct that the NHRC would take its final decision in the matter in six months,” ordered the court.
The court noted that as per response filed by the NHRC, detailed action has been taken by the authority pursuant to the complaint, including calling for reports from authorities in West Bengal.
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