Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission is a State Government body constituted on 18 January 1999 to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to, a State Human Rights Commission under chapter-V of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.[1] The commission became functional from 23 March 2000 with the appointment of Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar, former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court as the first Chairperson along with Shri R. K. Akodia, Shri B. L. Joshi and Prof. Alamshah Khan as the supporting members.[citation needed] The Commission while inquiring into the complaints of violations of human rights may– The Commission may take any of the following steps during or upon the completion of an inquiry held under this Act, namely:- After an official comment from Supreme court[3] Justice Prakash Chandra Tatia, former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court was appointed as the Chairperson, [4] his name was recommended along with Shri Chandramohan Meena as Member and Shri Ashutosh Sharma as an expert, by two selection committees headed by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.[5] Earlier Shri H. R. Kuri was heading the commission as an Acting Chairman since the position become vacant after the former Chief Justice Nagendra Kumar Jain from Madras and Karnataka High Court, completed his tenure as the Chairperson from 16 July 2005 till 15 July 2010.[7] Some of the recent incidents which brought Human Rights concerns in the state of Rajasthan under News are: