National human rights commission

National Human Rights Commission: Justice Arun Mishra, a former Supreme Court Judge, has been appointed as the new Ombudsman and Ethics Officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday.

The appointment of Mishra was confirmed when the BCCI website displayed his name in the dual roles. He served as the Supreme Court judge from July 7, 2014 to September 2, 2020 before retiring from the role.

Mishra was then appointed the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on June 2, 2021 and served in the role till June 1, 2024. Born on September 3, 1955 in Gwalior, Mishra practised as a lawyer from 1978 to 1999, where he specialised in constitutional, civil, industrial, criminal and service matters in the bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court.