most of the institutions that accommodate post-retirement appointees, such as the NHRC, lack autonomy with respect to staff appointment.

A father-son duo in Chennai was arrested by the police on grounds of violating social distancing guidelines and subsequently tortured in custody to the extent that the two lost their lives. Since then, custodial deaths have been rising in India, reaching the figure of 88 in 2022 as per the National Crime Records Bureau.