National Human Rights Commission — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal

1997

This landmark Supreme Court judgment established comprehensive guidelines for arrest and detention procedures to prevent custodial violence. The Court mandated that police must…

People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India

2003

The Supreme Court's judgment on encounter killings established that all encounter deaths must be investigated by an independent agency, with NHRC involvement in monitoring. The…