Justice Arun Mishra takes over as NHRC Chairman

Justice Arun Kumar Mishra recently took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Justice Mishra had retired from the Supreme Court in September 2020.

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Justice Arun Mishra had enrolled as a lawyer in 1978 and was elected the youngest chairperson of Bar Council of India in 1998-99.

He was appointed judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court in October 1999. He later served as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Calcutta High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court on July 7, 2014.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA).

The NHRC is the National Human Rights Commission of India, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as “Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India”.