Former high courtroom decide V Ramasubramanian appointed NHRC chief | Newest Information India

The President additionally appointed Priyank Kanoongo and justice (retd) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi as members of the rights panel, the assertion mentioned. “Hon’ble President of India appoints Shri Justice V. Ramasubramanian (Retd.) because the Chairperson, and Shri Priyank Kanoongo and Dr Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi (Retd.) because the Members of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), India,” NHRC posted on X.

The publish of NHRC chairperson was vacant since justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra accomplished his tenure on June 1, 2024. Mishra served because the eighth chairperson of the rights panel and was appointed to its high publish in June 2021. Till Monday, former advocate of the Telangana excessive courtroom Vijaya Bharathi Sayani was the appearing chairperson.

On December 18, a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a gathering to pick the subsequent chairperson of the NHRC, folks conscious of the matter mentioned. Ramasubramanian is a former Supreme Courtroom decide, who additionally served as chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh excessive courtroom in 2019. He had enrolled as a member of the Bar on February 16, 1983, and practiced for 23 years within the Madras excessive courtroom.

On September 23, 2019, he was appointed to the SC. Throughout his SC tenure, which ended upon his retirement on June 29, 2023, he authored 102 judgments. His judicial contributions embody participation in vital circumstances such because the 2016 Demonetisation coverage and the validity of circumstantial proof in bribery circumstances.