Justice (Retd) Rafat Alam has been appointed as the new chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission.
UP Governor Ram Naik has approved the recommendation of the state government to appoint Justice (retd) Rafat Alam as the new chairman of the state HRC.
Justice Alam is the former chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High court. His term would be of five years or 70 years which ever is earlier from the date he takes the charge, Raj Bhawan statement here today said.
Earlier on October 28, a meeting of a high powered committee comprising Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, legislative council chairman Ganesh Shanked Pandey, Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey, leader of the opposition in assembly Swami Prasad Maurya and his counterpart in legislative council Nasimuddin Siddique have gone for a consensus on the name of Justice Rafat Alam.
Justice Alam will succeed Justice Tarun Chatterjee, who retired on January 13 last.