MPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper-I · Question 99 of 100

Correct — B, State Government. Under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, a State Human Rights Commission submits its annual report to the State Government, which then lays the report — together with a memorandum of action taken on the Commission's recommendations — before the State Legislature. The counterpart at the Union level is the NHRC, which reports to the Central Government (and the report is laid before Parliament).

• (a)Governor — The Governor is the State's constitutional head and signs the Commission's appointments, but the annual report is submitted to the State Government, not to the Governor personally.
• (c)Chief Justice of the High Court — The High Court's Chief Justice has only a consultative role in appointing sitting judges to the Commission; the Commission does not report its yearly work to the Chief Justice.
• (d)Chief Justice of India — The Chief Justice of India has no role in an SHRC's reporting — that would wrongly route executive accountability through the judiciary.

A State Human Rights Commission is accountable to the elected government of the State. It prepares an annual report of its work and submits it to the State Government, which places the report — with an action-taken memorandum — before the State Legislature. This mirrors the NHRC's reporting to the Central Government and, in turn, to Parliament.

Accountability of a State statutory body runs to the State Government and the State Legislature, not to the judiciary or to the Governor personally. Option A (Governor) and options C and D (the judiciary) are the standard misdirections here.

• The SHRC submits its annual report to the State Government.
• The State Government lays it, with an action-taken memorandum, before the State Legislature.
• The NHRC submits its annual report to the Central Government (laid before Parliament).
• Reporting means accountability to the elected government, not to the Governor or the judiciary.

• Choosing the Governor personally instead of the State Government
• Routing the report through the judiciary (High Court or Chief Justice of India)

MPPSC asks 'the State Commission submits its report to ___'. Anchor the chain: State Commission to State Government to State Legislature.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The National Human Rights Commission submits its annual report to the:

  • (a)President
  • (b)Central Government
  • (c)Supreme Court
  • (d)Parliament directly

  Answer(b) Central Government — which then lays it before Parliament.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  After submission to the State Government, a State Human Rights Commission's annual report is placed before the:

  • (a)High Court
  • (b)Governor's Secretariat
  • (c)State Legislature
  • (d)National Human Rights Commission

  Answer(c) State Legislature.