Chennai:
Madras High Court has issued a two weeks notice to State Human Rights Commission after a petitioner challenged its order alleging that the rights body has ignored the powers given to it under section 13 of Protection of Human Rights Act and delegated it to district superintendent of police.
The first bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Satish K Agnihotri and Justice M M Sundresh passed the order after the petitioner E Saravanan alleged that despite complaining about alleged police atrocities to State Human Rights Commission, the rights body did not call him for any enquiry and suo moto closed the complaint while directing the superintendent of police, Salem to enquire into the complaint filed on January 30, 2014.
Urging High Court to quash SHRC order seeking the court direction to the rights body to conduct an enquiry, the petitioner alleged that that the order is contrary to provisions of human rights act as SHRC has no right to refer the matter to an officer when itself is empowered to enquiry and conduct the case.
The petitioner alleged that SHRC ignored his complaint where he questioned the detention of him, his aged father and his sister based on mere allegation of commission of an offence made against a person.
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