Summary:
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, directed the Centre to appoint Director General in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) within a week. At the outset of the hearing, the bench said, “Why don’t you (Centre) appoint somebody? A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar also asked the central government to appoint the members of the human rights body within four weeks. Later, the apex court granted four weeks time for appointing the members of the human rights body after the Centre requested for some more time. We are granting you four weeks to appoint the members..