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Former Supreme Court Judge V Ramasubramanian Appointed NHRC Chief

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Former Supreme Court Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra completed his tenure on June 1. Vijaya Bharathi Sayani, a NHRC member, was appointed acting chairperson after Justice Mishra retired.

Retired Supreme Court judge V Ramasubramanian was appointed on Monday as the new chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), a position that has been vacant since June 1.

Former Supreme Court Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra completed his tenure on June 1. Vijaya Bharathi Sayani, a NHRC member, was appointed acting chairperson after Justice Mishra retired.

How Is the NHRC Chief Appointed? 

A former chief justice of India or a retired judge of the apex Court is appointed as NHRC chairperson by the President on the selection committeeโ€™s recommendation. Former CJIs HL Dattu and KG Balakrishnan have been at the helm of the rights body in the past. The Prime Minister leads the committee that selects the NHRC chief, and the committee also includes the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Home Minister, and the deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.

Days ago, former CJI DY Chandrachudโ€™s name was making the rounds on social media for the panelโ€™s chief. However, Chandrachud termed the reports as โ€œuntrueโ€. โ€œThis is untrue. Presently, I am enjoying my retired life,โ€ The CJI said.

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Morbi Tragedy: About 300 Army Personnel Deployed In Search And Rescue Operation

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Around 300 Army personnel have been deployed in the search and rescue operation at the Morbi bridge incident site in which over 130 people lost their lives, said army sources.

Army columns equipped with Engineer Stores are assisting NDRF, SDRF, Indian Navy, Coast Guard in the rescue operations and assisting civil administration and police in crowd management and security. As many as nine Army Columns including Engineer Task Force and Medical Detachments mobilized out of Dhrangdhara, Jamnagar, Bhuj by 8.40 pm yesterday. The first Column reached at 9.30 pm. After arrival, Army columns first started crowd control & route clearance from the accident site to civil hospital, informed army sources.

The columns immediately got into the NDRF, SDRF and state fire services boats and assisted in search operations. Four medical columns assisted in the treatment of survivors in three hospitalsโ€“the government civil hospital, Krishna hospital and Ayush hospital.

Indian Army is fully committed to assisting civil administration and all other agencies for HADR (Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief) operation to prevent loss of lives, treatment of survivors and further retrieval of remaining bodies as part of search operation, a source in the Indian Army said.

Nine persons including officials of Oreva, the company that renovated the bridge, ticket sellers and security men have been arrested for the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat.

โ€œWe arrested nine people after filing FIR under various sections of IPC. The arrested includes the managers of Oreva company and ticket clerks,โ€ said Ashok Yadav, IG, Rajkot range.

โ€œAs and when we get evidence, police will nab the accused further. We have also formed a Special Investigation team pertaining to the incident,โ€ he added.

More than 134 people died and about 100 people were injured due to the collapse of the suspension bridge over the Morbi Macchu river on Sunday.

The Gujarat Police has filed a First Information Report under IPC sections 304 and 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) in the bridge collapse tragedy.Gujarat government has constituted a five-member committee headed to probe the bridge collapse incident.

โ€œAn unfortunate incident took place in Morbi, we pay our condolences. We filed an FIR under various sections of IPC against all the accused to take stringent action. Police & locals mobilised and helped in the rescue operation,โ€ the IG said.

โ€œAn FIR has been registered against the maintenance and management agencies of the bridge, under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 114 (abettor present when offense is committed) of the India Penal Code,โ€ said Morbi B Division Police Inspector, Prakashbhai Dekavadiya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Morbi in Gujarat on Tuesday, the state chief ministerโ€™s office announced today. Prime Minister Modi, who is in Kevadia said that rescue operations were underway and there would be no laxity in rescue and relief efforts.

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