Hyderabad to Host NHRC Hearing on 109 Human Rights Violations, July 28–29
(Syed Ali Taher Abedi)
Delhi 26, July, 2025- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India will hold a two-day ‘Open Hearing and Camp Sitting’ in Hyderabad to consider 109 cases of alleged human rights violations from Telangana. The proceedings aim to expedite justice and strengthen institutional accountability.
The hearing will take place on 28 July 2025, starting at 10:00 AM, at the MCR HRD Institute, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. Cases will be heard in the presence of complainants and relevant State authorities.
Presiding over the sessions will be NHRC Chairperson, Justice V. Ramasubramanian; Members, Justice (Dr.) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Vijaya Bharathi Sayani. Senior officials including Secretary General Bharat Lal; Director General (Investigation) R.P. Meena; Registrar (Law) Joginder Singh, and other dignitaries will also be in attendance.
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 the proactive 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.
