NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported protest by Kalbelia community demanding a designated place for burial of their kins in Barmer District Rajasthan

• NHRC invoked suo motu powers on a media report of the Kalbelia community in Barmer, Rajasthan protesting the absence of a designated burial ground, by placing a dead body on a public road.
• Touches the intersection of denotified/nomadic tribes, Article 21 (right to dignity, including in death), and statutory functioning of NHRC — high-yield for both Prelims and Mains.