Seeking their stands on the plea by rights activists K Saravanan and S Prabhavathi, a bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar also issued notices to the apex human rights body, the National Human Right Commission and Tamil Nadu''s State Human Right Commission for allegedly not taking adequate action on their complaints.
In a petition to the court, the two activists alleged they were booked in false cases of cheating and forgery by Tamil Nadu police for taking up with the rights panels an incident involving a brutal attack on three students of Chennai-based Dr Ambedkar Law College.
The petitioners said the three students, who had come to the college to appear in an examination, were attacked by an armed gang of over two dozen students-cum-miscreants, supported by the state''s ruling party, in the college premises right in front of over 40 policemen and officials, who did nothing to rescue them and remained mute spectators.
The petitioners said they run an organisation named "World Human Right Commission and Rescue Centre" and publish a few periodicals to spread awareness about human rights among citizens.
They said they happened to be present at the college premises on the fateful day of attack on November 12, 2008 and even videographed it, while also pleading to the present police personnel to intervene and rescue the victims.
But the police refused to oblige saying they have no mandate to enter the college premises.
As the police took no action even subsequently and allowed the assailants to go scot free under the influence of the ruling party, they approached the State Human Rights Commission, which too turned a blind eye to the incident, the petitioners said.
At this, the activists said, they moved the National Human Right Commission, which on November 14, 2008 sought the state''s explanation regarding the attack on students.
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