With reference to National Human Rights Commission of India consider the following statements-
1. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
2. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (TPHRA).
3. The NHRC is the national human rights institution, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants".
4. Since late 2011, the organization has been embroiled in a controversy where leading jurists have sought the resignation of its Chairman, ex-Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, pending investigation by the Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation into charges of assets disproportionate to his income.
5. In response, NHRC has uploaded details of Justice Balakrishnan's assets.
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