Bilal Nazki appointed as chairman of JKHRC

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has appointed former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Bilal Nazki as the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission.

An official spokesman said in Srinagar that the Governor also appointed former District and Session Judge Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal as Member of the Commission with effect from the date they



assume charge of their offices. 

Justice Nazki retired as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court in November 2009 and was later appointed as the chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Bihar. 

He also headed the committee set up by the Centre to review the functioning of the Haj Committee of India and its state units in 2013.