Supreme Court Asks Assam Human Rights Commission To Enquire Into Alleged Fake Encounters

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The Supreme Court today directed the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to conduct an independent and expeditious enquiry into allegations of fake police encounters in Assam in a petition alleging rampant "fake" encounters in the State as well as non-compliance by state authorities with the directions issued in PUCL v. State of Maharashtra pertaining to investigation of police encounters. A bench of Justices Kant and N Kotiswar Singh observed that the role of human rights commissions as protectors of civil liberties is paramount. It expressed confidence that the Commission would perform its duties effectively.