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Owais Ram Trivedi
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Who is the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
1. Former President
2. Former Chief Justice
3. Current President
4. Current Chief Justice

Who is the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
1. Former President
2. Former Chief Justice
3. Current President
4. Current Chief Justice
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  1. Correct Answer – Option 2 : Former Chief Justice

    The correct answer is Former Chief Justice.

    • The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is always a Former Chief Justice of India.
    • Justice Shri H.L. Dattu, former Chief Justice of India joined as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India on the 29th February 2016.
    • He is the seventh Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. 
    • On the 28th of September 2014, he was appointed the Chief Justice of India and retired on the 2nd of December 2015.
    • Justice Dattu headed the bench that acquitted 11 persons charged under terror laws telling the Gujarat police that no innocent person should be branded a terrorist.
    • Number of Members in the National Human Rights Commission – The National Commission shall consist of not less than four members and not more than eleven members and at least one of them shall be a woman.
    • The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
    • The Headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission is Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
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