The Supreme Court today rejected the Centre's submission that the national capital does not need a State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) as it was a union territory (UT), asking whether UTs were 'utopian ideals' where these rights were not violated.  A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur rejected the submission of Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar that Delhi being a Union Territory does not need a State Human Rights Commission and directed it to respond within a week on why there was a delay in the matter. 

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