Another ex-Chief Justice becomes NHRC chief

 New Delhi – Feb.12 – Former Chief Justice of India, A.S. Anand, has been appointed the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission in India.  He succeeds Justice J.S. Verma (Retd.).  As per the decision taken recently, at a high-level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, retired Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas has also been appointed as one of the members of the Commission.  Mr. Anand had retired as the Chief Justice of India in November, 2001.  Earlier he was unanimously elected as president of the International Institute of Human Rights Society in 1996. 

The Asian Age – Feb.13, 2003

New Director General of ASI, India

 Mrs. Kasturi Gupta Menon, IAS, Director General, Archaeological Survey of India has been transferred as Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Textiles Ministry, Govt. of India.  Mrs. Gauri Chatterji, IAS, Additional Secretary in the Culture Department, has taken over as the Director General of the ASI since March 3, 2003.