Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim,
Justice Narendra Kumar Jain, has been appointed the State Human Rights
Commissioner for Sikkim. The post had been lying vacant since the incumbent,
Justice Ajoy Nath Ray, was appointed the Lokayukta of Sikkim on 05 March
earlier this year.
Justice Jain demitted office as the Chief Justice of
Sikkim on 02 October.
Additional Chief Secretary, Suresh Chandra Gupta,
confirmed that the State government appointed Justice Jain as the second Human
Rights Commissioner on 08 October for a three-year term.
Justice Jain was appointed Chief Justice of Sikkim on
06 January earlier this year and was transferred as Judge to the High Court of
Sikkim from Rajasthan in September last year.
