Hyderabad, December 10: Police harassment cases tops the list of about 5,038 cases pending before the State Human Rights Commission as on December 9.
A total of 1,249 police harassment cases are pending before the Commission.
As many as 305 women harassment cases and 253 cases of pension for physically challenged person are also pending.
The Commission’s acting chairperson, K. Peda Peri Reddy, said that the SHRC disposed of as many as 12,698 cases since August last year till date.
“Except 239 cases admitted this year, the rest of the cases are from 2005 to 2010,” he stated.
Though the Commission has no fulltime chairman, it has performed a remarkable task by disposing over 12,000 cases in 16 months period, Mr Peda Peri Reddy said.
The Commission is celebrating Human Rights Day on December 10.
—-DC