 But the pursuit of these high objectives must be based on justice and the upholding of the values of the Constitution of the Republic and the laws of the land.That is why it remains of fundamental importance that the measures that require to be taken to bring the violators of human rights to book are indeed taken".As chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Verma had written a five-page letter to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in which he indicted the Gujarat state government for its role in the 2002 violence in the state, and questioned the Nanavati-Mehta Commission's credibility.