New Delhi, July 10 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, heard 86 cases online of alleged bonded labour in brick kilns across various districts of Haryana.

According to a press release, Chairperson, Justice V Ramasubramanian, presided over the hearing in the presence of Joint Secretary, Samir Kumar, Joint Registrar (Law), Indrajeet Kumar and other senior officers. The hearing was attended by senior functionaries of the state government, including the Chief Secretary, Anurag Rastogi, Labour Commissioner, Vijaykumar Bhavikatti, and the District Magistrates (DMs) of all the districts.

Justice Ramasubramanian said that in most of the cases, the records had not been properly examined by the concerned government functionaries...