SJ FOUNDATION
Honours 20 Awardees for exemplary contributions to society
selected by the jury comprising very eminent individuals.
Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy
Facilitating justice for hapless victims
Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy, an RTI activist and a human rights defender, has been rendering free service by approaching National Human Rights Commission on the issues concerning violation of human rights for hapless victims. He has filed more than 30,000 petitions to NHRC on various public interest issues and numerous such victims have got justice and financial compensation due to his untiring efforts. On the basis of his petitions, NHRC directed the authorities to give Rs. 99.36 lakhs compensation to 500 persons of eight states killed due to state excesses and negligence. Compensation of Rs.3 lakh each to legal heirs of each victim who died due to Live Shell explosion in DRDO’s prohibited area, compensation to the family of Scheduled Caste person who was killed in 1998 are just a few of the many cases successfully taken up by Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy.
Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy is awarded ‘S R Jindal Prize– 2012’ at the hands of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji jointly with Smt. Fulbasan Yadav, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Shri Dipendra Manocha, and Amar Sewa Sangam in the field of ‘Exemplary Service to Mankind’. The Award carries a Cash Prize of Rs. 1 Crore to be shared equally.
Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy, an RTI activist and a human rights defender, has been rendering free service by approaching National Human Rights Commission on the issues concerning violation of human rights for hapless victims. He has filed more than 30,000 petitions to NHRC on various public interest issues and numerous such victims have got justice and financial compensation due to his untiring efforts. On the basis of his petitions, NHRC directed the authorities to give Rs. 99.36 lakhs compensation to 500 persons of eight states killed due to state excesses and negligence. Compensation of Rs.3 lakh each to legal heirs of each victim who died due to Live Shell explosion in DRDO’s prohibited area, compensation to the family of Scheduled Caste person who was killed in 1998 are just a few of the many cases successfully taken up by Shri T. Duryodhana Reddy.
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