The petitioner has come up to this Court for commanding Respondent No. 1 the State of U. P. to (i) constitute a State Human Rights Commission (hereinafter referred to as S. H. R. C.) under S. 21 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and (ii) create Human Rights Courts at district level under S. 30 of the Act.

2. The case of the petitioner is to this effect:- The petitioner is a non-political organisation of such citizens of India who are committed to promote and protect, inter alia, human rights; a copy of its aims and object is being filed as Annexure-1; after recording his satisfaction that the circumstances existed for an immediate action for protection of human rights and to achieve the objects/purpose as contained in S. 2 (1) (d) read with preamble the President of India promulgated Protection of Human Rights Ordinance, 1993 (Ordinance No. 30 of 1993) on 28-9-1993 which was later replaced by the Act; S. 3 of the Act provides that the Central Government shall constitute a body to be known as the National Human Rights Commission (hereinafter referred to as N. H. R. C.) pursuant to which Respondent No. 3 was constituted; S. 21 of the Act

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