{"id":12272,"date":"2024-12-26T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=12272"},"modified":"2024-12-27T00:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:01:45","slug":"national-human-rights-commission-govt-pushed-predetermined-appointments-says-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=12272","title":{"rendered":"INDIA: National Human Rights Commission: Govt Pushed ‘Predetermined’ Appointments, Says Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In their dissent note, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge said they had recommended Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph for the position of chairperson\u00a0“keeping in mind both merit and the need for inclusivity.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day after former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian was appointed as the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Congress in a dissent note called the selection process a \u201cpredetermined exercise\u201d that was \u201cfundamentally flawed,\u201d adding that the committee had \u201crelied on its numerical majority to finalise the names\u201d and that the balance of \u201cregion, caste, community, and religious diversity of the nation\u201d had been ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a pre-determined exercise that ignored the established tradition of mutual consultation and consensus, which is essential in such matters,\u201d said leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, in a joint dissent note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis departure undermines the principles of fairness and impartiality, which are critical to the credibility of the Selection Committee. Instead of fostering deliberation and ensuring collective decision, the Committee relied on its numerical majority to finalise the names, disregarding the legitimate concerns and perspectives raised during the meeting,\u201d the note said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chairperson and members of the commission are appointed <\/a>by the president on the basis of recommendations of a committee comprising the prime minister as the chairperson, the speaker of the Lok Sabha, the home minister, the leaders of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the note, the two Congress leaders had proposed the names of justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph for the position of the chairperson, \u201ckeeping in mind both merit and the need for inclusivity.\u201d Nariman belongs to the Parsi community while Joseph is a Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the positions of NHRC members, the note said that they had recommended Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Akil Abdulhamid Qureshi as the two \u201chave exemplary track records in upholding human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Muralidhar retired as the chief justice of the Orissa high court in 2023 and previously served as a Delhi high court judge. As a judge of the Delhi high court, <\/a>he passed four crucial orders on February 26, 2020 \u2013 during the riots in the capital. One of those orders asked the Delhi police to register a first information report against BJP leaders \u2013 including Anurag Thakur \u2013 for alleged hate speeches that petitioners said instigated the riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following these orders, the government notified his transfer to the Punjab and Haryana high court \u2013 recommended earlier by the collegium \u2013 late at night on February 26, <\/a>without allocating the customary two weeks for the judge to wrap up business. Justice Muralidhar also convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his role in the 1984 massacre of Sikhs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Qureshi, on the other hand, retired<\/a> as the chief justice of the Rajasthan high court in 2022. In 2010, he had remanded<\/a> Union home minister Amit Shah to police custody for two days in the Sohrabuddin case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dissent note states that \u201cwhile merit is undeniably the primary criteria, maintaining a balance that reflects regional, caste, community, and religious diversity of the nation is equally important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe balance ensures that the NHRC operates with an inclusive perspective, sensitive to the lived experiences of all sections of society. By neglecting this critical principle, the Committee risks eroding public trust in this esteemed institution,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two Congress MPs said that at the meeting held on December 18, the \u201cdismissive approach\u201d adopted by the selection committee is \u201cdeeply regrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe NHRC\u2019s credibility and effectiveness depend on its ability to embody the diversity and inclusiveness that define India\u2019s constitutional ethos. The names we proposed reflect this spirit and align with the foundational principles of the Commission. Their exclusion raises significant concerns about the impartiality and fairness of the selection process,\u201d the note added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement on Monday, December 23, the NHRC announced<\/a> justice Ramasubramanian\u2019s appointment, filling the post of the chairperson that had been lying vacant since June after justice Arun Mishra retired. In addition, Priyank Kanoongo, who previously served as the chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, and retired justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi have been appointed as the members of the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/thewire.in\/government\/nhrc-chair-appointment-predetermined-lacks-diversity-congress<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In their dissent note, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge said they had recommended Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph for the position of chairperson\u00a0“keeping in mind both merit and the need for inclusivity.” A day after former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian was appointed as the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[8953,8724,490,8951,39,8952,8949,36,8955,8956,60,8950],"class_list":["post-12272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-anti-minorities","tag-caste","tag-human-rights","tag-human-rights-commission","tag-india","tag-india-surpassed-in-human-rights-violations","tag-national-human-rights-commission-govt-pushed-predetermined-appointments","tag-pakistan","tag-pre-determined-appointments","tag-unfair-pracices","tag-geopolitics","tag-says-congress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12275,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12272\/revisions\/12275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}