Hindustan Times: Mumbai: Sunday, 30 May 2021.
According to the information obtained by Gholave under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the last MSHRC chairman retired on January 23, 2018 and the expert member demitted office on September 16 of the same year, and the posts have been lying vacant since then
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has been dysfunctional for over a month, ever since the last member on the commission, judicial member MA Sayeed, retired on April 27. Now all the adjudicatory posts chairman, judicial member, expert member, and special inspector general are all vacant, advocate Vaishnavi Gholave has highlighted in a notice issued to the state government, calling upon the state authorities to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest.
In her letter to the chief minister and other state dignitaries, Gholave also highlighted the fact that no appointments have been made to MSHRC since July 2018, although there were around 20,737 cases of human rights violations are waiting to be adjudicated.
According to the notice, “acting chairperson MA Sayeed retired on April 27, 2021 and this has left the commission entirely non-functional”. There’s a notice on MSHRC website declaring that “all new matters have been adjourned sine die”.
According to the information obtained by Gholave under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the last MSHRC chairman retired on January 23, 2018 and the expert member demitted office on September 16 of the same year, and the posts have been lying vacant since then.
The post of special inspector general of police attached to the commission, who undertakes investigations as may be ordered by the commission, has been vacant since December 12, 2019. Overall, around 50% of the sanctioned posts on the establishment of MSHRC are vacant as of date.
As per information obtained by the lawyer, only 1,083 cases have been disposed of in the past year due to non-availability of regular chairperson and expert member, which led to the entire load being handled by a single judicial member, Sayeed, who also had to discharge administrative and other functions till the date of his retirement.
In this backdrop, Gholave has called upon the state authorities to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest. “The Constitution of India guarantees the right to seek justice,” states her notice, adding, “So if there are no members appointed to give justice, people will be deprived of the constitutional right.”
According to the information obtained by Gholave under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the last MSHRC chairman retired on January 23, 2018 and the expert member demitted office on September 16 of the same year, and the posts have been lying vacant since then
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has been dysfunctional for over a month, ever since the last member on the commission, judicial member MA Sayeed, retired on April 27. Now all the adjudicatory posts chairman, judicial member, expert member, and special inspector general are all vacant, advocate Vaishnavi Gholave has highlighted in a notice issued to the state government, calling upon the state authorities to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest.
In her letter to the chief minister and other state dignitaries, Gholave also highlighted the fact that no appointments have been made to MSHRC since July 2018, although there were around 20,737 cases of human rights violations are waiting to be adjudicated.
According to the notice, “acting chairperson MA Sayeed retired on April 27, 2021 and this has left the commission entirely non-functional”. There’s a notice on MSHRC website declaring that “all new matters have been adjourned sine die”.
According to the information obtained by Gholave under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the last MSHRC chairman retired on January 23, 2018 and the expert member demitted office on September 16 of the same year, and the posts have been lying vacant since then.
The post of special inspector general of police attached to the commission, who undertakes investigations as may be ordered by the commission, has been vacant since December 12, 2019. Overall, around 50% of the sanctioned posts on the establishment of MSHRC are vacant as of date.
As per information obtained by the lawyer, only 1,083 cases have been disposed of in the past year due to non-availability of regular chairperson and expert member, which led to the entire load being handled by a single judicial member, Sayeed, who also had to discharge administrative and other functions till the date of his retirement.
In this backdrop, Gholave has called upon the state authorities to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest. “The Constitution of India guarantees the right to seek justice,” states her notice, adding, “So if there are no members appointed to give justice, people will be deprived of the constitutional right.”
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