Raghubir Dash appointed acting chairman of OHRC

Former Odisha High Court Judge Justice Raghubir Dash has been appointed as the acting Chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). He will hold the office with immediate effect until the appointment of a regular Chairperson of the commission.

Cuttack: Retired judge of Odisha High Court Justice Raghubir Dash has been appointed as the acting chairman of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC).

A notification issued by the State Law Department on Thursday said the Governor, exercising his powers conferred by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, has authorised Justice Dash to assume the charge as the acting chairman of OHRC with immediate effect.

Former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court and ex-judge of the Supreme Court, Justice D P Mohapatra, was the first chairman of the commission, occupying the post from January 2003 to August 2007.