Justice Arun Mishra joins as new NHRC chairperson
Justice Arun Mishra joins as new NHRC chairperson
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, officials said.
Justice Mishra, who had created a flutter after praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event last year, is the eighth chairperson of the commission.
Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020, he had termed Modi as an “internationally acclaimed visionary” and a “versatile genius, who thinks globally and acts locally”.
Complimenting the prime minister and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for doing away with 1,500 obsolete laws, justice Mishra had said that India is a responsible and most friendly member of the international community under the “stewardship” of Modi.
NHRC s new chairperson Justice Arun Mishra was a former Supreme Court judge (File Photo)
New Delhi:
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, officials said.
Justice Mishra, who had created a flutter after praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event last year, is the eighth chairperson of the commission.
Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020, he had termed PM Modi as an internationally acclaimed visionary and a versatile genius, who thinks globally and acts locally .
Complimenting the Prime Minister and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for doing away with 1,500 obsolete laws, justice Mishra had said that India is a responsible and most friendly member of the international community under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Read more about Former SC judge Justice Arun Mishra joins as new NHRC chairperson on Business Standard. Former Supreme Court judge justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, officials said.
Read more about Former Supreme Court judge justice Arun Mishra takes over as NHRC chief on Business Standard. Justice Mishra, who joined as an apex court judge on July 7, 2014, demitted office in September 2020.
‘Move that smacks of brazen arrogance’
A group of human rights activists on Wednesday raised concerns over the appointment of former Supreme Court judge, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra, as the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
The Centre’s decision “smacks of brazen arrogance and indifference to public opinion and once again highlights the cynical disdain of the government for democratic norms and constitutional proprieties”.
The activists pointed out that the selection of Justice Mishra by a committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was despite the objection of another committee member, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. The Congress leader had suggested appointing someone from Dalit, Adivasi or minority communities, “considering that the bulk of victims of state abuse comes from these communities”.