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In the long memorandum to the PM, the members of the Constitutional Conduct Group, demanded the appointment of a 'full-time, people-sensitive and responsible administrator'
The statement issued by as many as 71 individuals and members of various human rights organisations contended that the public has the right to know the basis for the decision of the Modi-led selection committee.
A big casualty of the appointment of a person like Justice Mishra will be the trust and confidence of people, especially victims of rights violations in the independence of the NHRC.
Also, 76 world-renowned academics and authors, including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, have called for the suspension of the Central Vista project
Retired bureaucrats have written an open letter to the Prime Minister to convey their dismay at the executive highhandedness, including complete disregard for the rule of law and the environment, in decision-making on the Central Vista Redevelopment Project. They have flagged the brazen impropriety in going ahead with the construction of the Parliament building when the matter was sub judice. “While the matter is in the courts and further construction activities are suspended, we urge the government to seize this as an opportunity to review the project in its entirety. We strongly believe t...