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100			_aSingh, Parmanand
245			_aHuman rights protection through public interest litigation in India
260			_c1999
300			_ap.731-749.
362			_aOct-Dec
520			_aMainly focusing on raising core human rights issues through PIL, the author, with a brief conceptualisation, traces evolution of PIL in India describing its essential features. He then, discussing contributions of PIL, takes up the areas where police and other governmental agencies indulged freely in deeds of lawlessness and repression in the past but have now been covered effectively by PIL for redressal. In the next section, he discusses the performance of National Human Rights Commission since its inception in 1993 with necessary details on its composition, functions, powers, procedure and role, listing details of action taken by NHRC in 20 important cases. - Reproduced
650			_aCitizen suits - India
650			_aHuman rights - India
650			_aHuman rights
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a44059
999			_c44059 _d44059