An assessment of disposal aspects of admitted cases with punjab state human rights commission: Perception of the dealing staff

Human rights are the rights related to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international covenants and enforceable by the courts. Human rights are those basic standards without which people cannot live with dignity. This very denial of Human Rights is just like not considering the person his ‘being human’. The advocacy of Human Rights is to demand that the human dignity of all people be respected. The Protection of Human Rights Act was enacted in the year 1993 in India. It provided for the creation of a National Human Rights Commission and State Human Rights Commissions. Since the passing of this Act and setting up of the various Commissions the human rights violations have been brought under the microscopic vision of the Commissions and efforts have been made to minimize such violations. The PSHRC came into being in the year 1997 and ever since its existence the Commission has been handling nearly 10, 000 cases of violation per year. It is equally important to assess the disposal of these admitted cases in the state. This present study is an attempt to assess the disposal of admitted cases with PSHRC.