New Delhi: The Central Narendra Modi Government has selected the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian has been appointed Chairman of NHRC. Retired Justice Arun Kumar Mishra's tenure had ended on June 1. Since then the post of NHRC Chairman was lying vacant.
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After Justice Mishra stepped down, NHRC member Vijaya Bharati Sayani was made the acting chairperson. According to the law governing the NHRC, the committee to select the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is chaired by the Prime Minister. The committee consists of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Home Minister, the Leader of the Opposition of both the Houses and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Justice V. Ramasubramaniam was born on 30 June 1958 in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu. V. Ramasubramaniam is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has been the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Besides, V. Ramasubramaniam has also been a former judge of Madras High Court and Telangana High Court. V. Ramasubramaniam retired from the Supreme Court on 29 June 2023. During his tenure in the Supreme Court, V. Ramasubramaniam made 102 decisions. V. Ramasubramaniam has been a member of the benches that heard arguments related to the 2016 demonetization policy and the validity of circumstantial evidence in bribery cases.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is an autonomous legal body. NHRC was established on 12 October 1993. NHRC was established under the Paris Conference Act, 1993. The first Chairman of NHRC was Justice Ranganath Mishra. NHRC is the watchdog of human rights in the country. It protects the individual rights determined by the Constitution and created in international treaties. It is a multi-member body.
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