Justice who praises PM Modi appointed as NHRC Chairperson
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra (Retd.) former Supreme Court Justice, today took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), official sources said.
Justice Mishra stoked controversy, last year in February 2020, when as a sitting of the apex court, he described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “internationally acclaimed visionary who could think globally and act locally” at an international conference.
Even the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), at that time, in a resolution passed , strongly condemned senior Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra’s praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an international judicial conference last week. Such statements “reflect poorly on the independence of the judiciary”, it was said at that time.
The post of the National Human Rights Commission NHRC chief had been lying vacant since justice H L Dattu, ex-chief justice of India, had completed his tenure in December 2020.
Justice who praises PM Modi appointed as NHRC Chairperson. The name of Justice Mishra was recommended by a panel comprising PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge.
Justice Arun Mishra enrolled as a lawyer in 1978. He 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 chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Calcutta High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court on July 7, 2014, demitted office in September 2020.
As per available information, “this is the first time in its 27-year history that the government will have formally appointed to the chairmanship of NHRC someone other than a former chief justice of India.”
June 2,2021
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