Former Supreme Court docket choose Justice V Ramasubramanian was appointed as the brand new chairperson of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) on Monday. The place had been vacant since Justice (retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra’s tenure ended on June 1.
The NHRC introduced the appointments on X, stating, “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.”
On December 18, a high-level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened to finalise the choice of the NHRC chairperson, sources earlier indicated.
Who’s V Ramasubramanian?
V Ramasubramanian was born on June 30, 1958, and accomplished his commencement in Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda Faculty, Chennai, the highest courtroom’s web site acknowledged.
He later studied regulation at Madras Legislation Faculty and have become a member of the Bar on February 16, 1983. Over 23 years, he practiced regulation within the Madras excessive courtroom and labored underneath Senior Advocates Okay. Sarvabhauman and T.R. Mani from 1983 to 1987.
On July 31, 2006, he was appointed as an extra choose of the Madras Excessive Court docket and was confirmed as a everlasting Decide on November 9, 2009. In 2016, he was transferred at his request to the Excessive Court docket of Judicature at Hyderabad for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. After the bifurcation of the Excessive Courts in 2019, he continued as a Decide within the Telangana excessive courtroom.
On June 22, 2019, he grew to become the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh excessive courtroom. Later, on September 23, 2019, he was elevated to the Supreme Court docket of India.
Earlier than his elevation, Justice Ramasubramanian practiced regulation for 23 years in various areas, together with service regulation, showing earlier than the Madras Excessive Court docket, administrative tribunals, shopper boards, and civil courts. His judicial profession noticed a gentle development from the Madras Excessive Court docket to the apex courtroom.
