Law relating to human rights with commentary on the protection of human rights act,1993

The concept of Human Rights is international and has grown recently after Second World War when the man witnessed the nude dance of inhumanity, tyranny and total massacre of law and order, great show of attack on the creation of the God and an attempt to destroy the basic structure of human existence. Race of armament led to atomic bombardment of Heroshima and Nagasaki which gave birth to United Nations Charter on 10th December, 1948 and General Assembly of United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It followed, signing of several treaties world wide. Two International Covenants, one on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the other on Civil and Political Rights, were adopted by the Central Assembly on December 16, 1976.

After-effects of the world wars, International Covenants also found place in our Constitution and several provisions of such treaties were incorporated, specially in Part III and Part IV of the Constitution. Article 21 is the most important provision of our Constitution looking after the human rights of People of India.

Though the expression "Human Rights" has not been defined, it is a wide connotation, including the rights of human beings to animals, existence of democratic norms, social welfare, increasing criminology, terrorism, ecological threat, pollution, valuable rights of human beings, problems of children and women and many others. These problems and growing human sufferings and sorrows, compelled the Parliament to enact Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, bringing special and complete set up, constituting Human Rights Commission, to protect and enforce the valuable human rights.

The role of Judiciary has always been remarkable to interpret the various enactment and provisions giving brighter spectrum and new dimensions to the various provisions of the Act. Recent important verdicts of Hon'ble Supreme Court, High Courts and various Commissions and Tribunals have raised the scope of various provisions of the Act. The work of judiciary is absolutely indispensable to know the intention of the legislature and actual effect of the Act. have taken out the present critical commentary on the subject taking into consideration the effect of the Human Rights Act and of the verdicts of the Court. All important case law on the subject has been included along with references and cross references. Though 'Human Rights' is a wide subject, only precise commentary has been placed on the subject for easy follow-up. Care has been taken to give different aspects of a particular subject, making the book a handbook of Human Rights for easy handling. All related enactments from other enactments have been separately annexed. Concerned Rules and Regulations have also been annexed. The book is certainly going to be a rider for easy approach to the subject for the bar and the bench both.