Upadhayaya appointed NHRC chairman

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed former Chief Justice Kedar Nath Upadhyaya as the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The Prime Minister appointed him on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. He also appointed former Supreme Court justice Ram Nagina Singh, Gauri Pradhan, Lila Pathak and K.B Rokaya as members of the NHRC.

The Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee had approved their nominations on Sept 12.

The rights watchdog had been without top officials for more than one and half year after the then members resigned en masse amidst fears of impeachment by the reinstated House of Representatives. nepalnews.com mk Sept 17 07