Former CJ of Odisha HC to be SHRC Chairperson in J&K

Q.  Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the SHRC in J&K on 24th Oct?
- Published on 26 Oct 16

a. Bilal Nazki
b. Aftab Hussain Saikian
c. Tarun Phoolkan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Bilal Nazki
 
Former CJ of Odisha HC to be SHRC Chairperson in J&KJammu & Kashmir Governor NN Vohra on 24th Oct 2016 appointed former CJ of the Odisha HC Bilal Nazki as the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission
  • Former district and session judge Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal was also appointed member of the JKHRC
  • The appointments came into place from the date the charge of their offices were assumed.
  • Justice Nazki retired as CJ of Odisha HC in November 2009
  • His tenure as CJ is the shortest tenure in the history of the Indian judicial system
  • He was also appointed as chairperson of the Bihar Human Rights Commission
  • Nazki also headed a committee set up by the Centre to review the functioning of the Haj Committee of India and its state units in 2013
  • His father Ghulam Rasool Nazki was a well known broadcaster, poet and literary figure who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987

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