Pay ₹2 lakh for arresting girl who raised slogans

Pay ₹2 lakh for arresting girl who raised slogans

Topic: State Human Right Commission

Context:

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of ₹2 lakh to the father of Canada-based Tamil student Lois Sophia, who was arrested for allegedly raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and picking up a heated argument with the then Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Sundararajan on a Chennai–Thoothukludi flight three-and- half years ago.

Content:

• SHRC derives its mandate from Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993
• The Commission consists of a Chairperson and two Members. The statute lays down qualifications for the appointment of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission. Constitution of NHRC
• Person who has been Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court will be chairperson of a SHRC.
• Term of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission is three years or 70 years whichever is earlier and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
• The chairperson and members are appointed by the Governor on the recommendations of a committee consisting of the chief minister as its head, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the state home minister and the leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly.
• Although the chairperson and members of a State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the governor, they can be removed only by the President(and not by the governor). The President can remove them on the same grounds and in the same manner as he can remove the chairperson or a member of the National Human Rights Commission.