The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) proposes to engage law graduates, who are well
conversant with the provisions of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 as well as the procedural regulations framed there under, as ‘Legal Research Consultants (LRCs)’ on a contract basis. The work shall include scrutiny of complaints, research, drafting of proceedings, and other related work in respect of assigned subjects.
The following are the terms & conditions for the engagement of ‘Legal Research Consultant’ on a contract basis in NHRC. This will be in force until these guidelines are amended and/ or new guidelines are issued.
Engagement: On contract basis.
Essential qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Law from reputed Law schools and colleges of the country with a minimum of 70% marks or equivalent grade.
Upper age limit: Candidates should be below 32 years of age as of the date of advertisement.
Duration of engagement: Period of engagement to be 2 years initially, extendable upto for 2 years more, based on performance, fitness and organisational requirements. An extension of 1 more year can be
given on the same grounds with a maximum engagement of up to 5 years only.
Remuneration: The LRCs shall be paid based on the units of work done, and the total remuneration in a month shall not exceed Rs. 75,00.
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b) The Screening committee shall shortlist the applicants as per the eligibility criteria stated in the Advt.
c) The selection is made on the basis of a personal interview of the eligible short-listed candidates by a Selection committee to be constituted by the Commission.
Other general terms and conditions for engagement of LRCs on contract in the Commission are as under:
i.) The engagement is purely on a temporary and actual need basis and shall not confer any claim for regular
appointment in the Commission on account of this temporary assignment.
ii.) During the period of engagement, consultants have to stay at Delhi and should have laptop and internet connection.
iii.) The work shall include registration/ attachment of complaints, chalking out cases from the database, preparation of summary of cases, preparation of proceeding, preparation of summary facts of court cases, correspondence with authorities in court cases in which Commission is a party and other related works assigned by the superior officers of the Commission.
iv.) The consultants shall not be entitled for any benefit like Provident Fund, Medical Attendance, LTC, reimbursement of telephone/ newspaper bills, etc.
v.) The rules and regulations with regard to discipline, conduct, punctuality, etc., applicable to the regular employees of the Commission shall also be applicable to consultants during the period of the contractual engagement.
vi.) The consultants shall not accept any other assignment during the term of assignment in the Commission.
vii.) The engagement of the Consultant will be on full-time basis. Normal working hours will be from 09.30 to 18.00 hrs. for 5-days in a week. Working hours are subject to change from time to time. Saturdays/ Sundays will be holidays. In exigencies, the individual LRC may be required to work beyond office hours and/ or on public holidays. No extra allowance or remuneration for such work will be admissible.
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By Parishkriti Atri
Parishkriti is a legal recruiter and a career coach. In her free time, she loves napping and gorging on chinese food.
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