India News | Ex-HC Judge Lalit Batra Assumes Office as Chairperson of Haryana Human Rights Panel

Chandigarh, Nov 27 (PTI) Justice (retired) Lalit Batra, a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, assumed office as the chairperson of the Haryana Human Rights Commission on Wednesday.

The panel's two newly appointed members -- Kuldip Jain and Deep Bhatia -- also took charge of their posts.

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The Haryana government had recently appointed Justice (retd) Batra as the chairperson of the Haryana Human Rights Commission along with Kuldip Jain, a retired district and sessions judge, and Deep Bhatia, a senior advocate, as members, an official statement said.

Deep Bhatia has been a member and acting chairperson of the state rights panel previously.

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