Tag: Ohrc Chairman

Bhubaneswar: After the tenure of Justice Bira Kishore Mishra, the acting chairman of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), ended on Thursday, concerns are being raised over the thousands of pending cases. With Mishra’s retirement, OHRC is without any active jury in its three-member panel. According to sources, there are more than 10,000 cases pending […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Orissa High Court judge Justice Bijoy Krishna Patel has been appointed as the chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Justice Patel will be replacing Justice Bimala Prasad Das, who left the position on 14 November 2020. Born to advocate Ramchandra Patel and Laxmipriya Patel in Sundergarh on January 24, 1953, Bijoy passed […]