Correct option is D
The correct answer is a retired Chief Justice of India.
- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28, 1993.
- The NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the international covenants and enforceable by courts in India".
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- The NHRC is composed of a Chairperson and other members. The Chairperson should be a retired Chief Justice of India.
- The first Chairperson of NHRC was Justice Ranganath Mishra.
- The NHRC also includes one Member who is, or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, one Member who is, or has been, the Chief Justice of a High Court, and two Members to be appointed from among persons having knowledge of, or practical experience in, matters relating to human rights.T