Retired judge to chair OHRC

Retired judge of Orissa HighCourt Justice Raghubir Dash has been authorised to act as the chairman of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC)

A notification issued by the State Law Department onThursday said the Governor, exercising his powers conferred bythe Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, has authorisedJustice Dash to assume the charge as the acting chairman ofOHRC with immediate effect

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