Dhaka, March 6 -- Expressing its resentment at the role of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the High Court on Wednesday said the state agency is not performing the duties bestowed upon it as per the law.

"We're saddened that the Commission hasn't moved the higher court for a single time although its orders were repeatedly violated," the bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Rajik-Al-Jalil said while hearing a writ petition over the torture of domestic help Khadija in Mirpur.

The court said the NHRC only files reports whereas human rights are violated. "This is not its job. The Commission might move the High Court it its orders are not implemented. But they haven't come to the High Court till today. This is a serious violat...