A day after National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Dr Adarsh Sen Anand termed the acquittal of all the accused in the Best Bakery case as a ‘‘miscarriage of justice’’, the Commission sent a team to Vadodara today to examine the judgement of the trial court in the case.‘‘Keeping in view the seriousness of the issue involved in the order of acquittal in the Best Bakery case, the Commission considers it appropriate to immediately depute a team to Vadodara to inspect the records of the case, examine the judgement and all other relevant materials,’’ an NHRC order said on Thursday.Registrar general Ajit Bharioke, DIG (investigations) Sudhir Chowdhary and Special Rapporteur P.G.J. Nampoothiri are the three senior functionaries of NHRC in the team. Nampoothiri had been based in Ahmedabad after NHRC’s initial intervention in Gujarat after the riots.The team is expected to submit its report within a week. The Commission has empowered the three-member team to associate a local lawyer in Vadodara. The Commission has also requested the acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, the trial court and the Gujarat government to cooperate with the NHRC’s visiting team.
