New Delhi, June 16 -- : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and Secretary, School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for requisite funds allocation to compensate 70 girls who were checked for menstrual blood in a Government Residential School in Muzaffarnagar in 2017.
Adjudicating the petition filed by noted rights activist and seasoned human rights lawyer from Supreme Court, Radhakanta Tripathy, the NHRC sought the response from both the Authorities within four weeks.
Tripathy alleged that the warden of a Government Residential School had stripped and searched about 70 girls to check for menstrual blood.
"The warden was angered by specs of blood i...