The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous commission constituted by the Government of India to protect human rights in India under the Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993.
Chapter II of the Act says "The Central Government shall constitute a body to be known as the National Human Rights Commission to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to it, under this Act."
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As per the act, the following functions shall be performed by the NHRC:
The Commission shall have power to require any person, subject to any privilege which may be claimed by that person under any law for the time being in force, to furnish information on such points or matters as, in the opinion of the Commission, may be useful for, or relevant to, the subject matter of the inquiry and any person so required shall be deemed to be legally bound to furnish such information within the meaning of section 176 and section 177 of the Indian Penal Code.
http://nhrc.nic.in/ - Contains all cases of human rights violations and action taken in India since 1993.Functions
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