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Who can be the Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission?

Under Section 3(2)(a) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (as amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2019), the Chairperson of the National Human…

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Who can be the Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission?

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Under Section 3(2)(a) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (as amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2019), the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission must be a person who has been a Chief Justice of India or a Judge of the Supreme Court. Therefore, among the given options, only a person who has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is eligible to be appointed Chairperson of the NHRC.

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