The National Human Rights Commission of India is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act,1993 (PHRA). The NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights,defined by the act as "Rights Relating To Life,liberty,equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international covenants and enforceable by courts in India".
Chunilal Karsandas Thakker is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Re-organisation Act,1960 after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State.
The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India.
Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan is an Indian judge who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and later the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He was the first judge from Kerala to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His tenure lasting more than three years has been one of the longest in the Supreme Court of India. While being Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court,he was appointed as the acting governor of Gujarat from 16 January 1999 to 18 March 1999. In 2010,he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Cochin University of Science and Technology.
Girish Thakurlal Nanavati was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. After his retirement,he headed two commissions inquiring into the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots and the Godhra riots.
Vishweshwar Nath Khare is an Indian former Judge who served as the 33rd Chief Justice of India,from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. He is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Central University of Jharkhand. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 21 March 1997 before he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was the 17th Chief Justice of India,serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India,and for this reason is held,along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer,to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country. He is the longest-served supreme court judge in India.
The Indian People's Tribunal (IPT),also called the Indian People's Tribunal on Environmental and Human Rights or Independent People's Tribunal,was a People's Tribunal set up by the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) on 5 June 1993. The IPT is an unofficial body led by retired judges who form a panel that conducts public enquiries into human rights and environmental abuses. It provides an alternative outlet for the victims faced with official obstruction and delays. Since being founded the IPT has conducted numerous investigations into cases of relocation of rural people to make way for dams or parks,eviction of slum dwellers,industrial pollution and communal or state-sponsored violence.
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court and Karnataka High Court.
The Department of Law,University of Calcutta,Kolkata,West Bengal,formerly University College of Law,is a faculty in the University of Calcutta,founded in 1909,colloquially referred to as Hazra Law College,which offers undergraduate,postgraduate,doctorate and post doctorate courses. The Faculty oversees fifteen affiliated Law schools of the University.
Bela Madhurya Trivedi is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. She had previously been a judge of the Gujarat High Court from 2016 to 2021. She formerly served as the additional judge of the Gujarat High Court from 17 February 2011 to 27 June 2011 and later served as the additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court. Interestingly,before being appointed a judge,she served as the law secretary in the government of Narendra Modi,who was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014.
Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India,former chief justice of the Patna High Court and a former judge of Gujarat High Court.
Y. R. Meena or Yad Ram Meena was an Indian Judge and the former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He is also former Judge of Rajasthan High Court and Gujarat High Court.
Vikram Nath is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and former judge of the Allahabad High Court. He was earlier recommended as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court but the centre disapproved the recommendations. He is the first chief justice of a High Court in India to live stream its proceedings on Youtube during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel is an Indian judge. Presently,he is serving as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal. He is former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and Judge of Jharkhand High Court and Gujarat High Court.
Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala is a judge of the Supreme Court of India since May 2022. He is a former judge of the Gujarat High Court.
