NHRC has grown into trusted address for aggrieved, says CJI Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday said the NHRC has grown into a "trusted address" for the aggrieved and the true measure of a human rights institution is not only the number of cases it decides, but whether it can be heard by those who are least able to make themselves heard.
The CJI was speaking at the 33rd Foundation Day function of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at Vigyan Bhawan here.
"Thirty-three years ago, Parliament created this Commission to stand guard over human dignity.
In the years since, it has grown from a new idea into a trusted address for the aggrieved," he said.
"If the Constitution is the promise, the Commission is one of its keepers.
It goes where the court cannot easily go; it listens to those who cannot easily speak, and it can act on its own without waiting to be asked," the CJI said.
Referring to the NHRC's interventions in cases involving custodial torture or deaths, bonded labour, industrial exposure to silicosis and protectio
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