Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as New PCI Chief

Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as New PCI Chief

• Former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai is believed to have been chosen as the next head of the Press Council of India (PCI). Justice Desai recently served as the chairman of the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, which was established to redesign the Union Territory’s assembly constituencies.
• Since Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (retd) completed his tenure as PCI chairperson and demitted office in November of last year, the position has been empty.
• The appointment of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as PCI chairwoman was accepted by a committee that included Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and PCI member Prakash Dubey.
• Justice Desai, 72, has also served on the Bombay High Court as a judge.
• The selection of Justice Desai as the PCI chief will be announced in the near future.
• A suggestion for the recruitment of MPs to the panel is also awaited.

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Published date : 18 Jun 2022 05:16PM