Justice V. Ramasubramanian becomes chairman of NHRC

Why in the news?

• Recently, former Supreme Court judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission.

Justice Ramasubramanian

• Justice V. Ramasubramanian was born on 30 June 1958.
• He graduated in Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai and completed his law studies from Madras Law College.
• On 31 July 2006, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court and became a permanent judge on 9 November 2009.
• On 22 June 2019, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
• On 23 September 2019, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

• NHRC is a statutory body established in the year 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.
• It is a multi-member body, consisting of a Chairman and five full-time members.
• The chairperson should be a retired Chief Justice of India or a judge of the Supreme Court.
• The members should include a serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court, a serving or retired Chief Justice of a High Court and three persons (at least one of whom should be a woman) having knowledge or practical experience in relation to human rights.
• Apart from these, seven ex-officio members are also included in it.