Chairperson and Members of the State Human Rights Commission are appointed by:

Q. Chairperson and Members of the State Human Rights Commission are appointed by:

1. Governor
2. President
3. Chief Justice of the High Court of the concerned State
4. Chief Justice of India

Answer: Governor

A State Government may constitute a body known as the Human Rights Commission of that State to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to, a State Commission. In accordance to the amendment brought in TPHRA,1993 point No.10 below is the list of State Human Rights Commissions formed to perform the functions of the commission as stated under chapter V of TPHRA,1993 (with amendment act 2006). At present, 24 states have constituted SHRC.

The Governor of the state appoints the chairperson and other members on the recommendations of a committee consisting of the Chief Minister as its head, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the state home minister and the leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly. The chairman and the leader of the opposition of legislative council would also be the members of the committee, in case the state has legislative council.