The State Commission submits its annual report to the

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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).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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) 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) The Chief Justice of India has no role in an SHRC's reporting — that would wrongly route executive accountability through the judiciary.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2018 Q99 — Indian Polity PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2018 Q99 — Indian Polity PYQ with Answer