D Murugesan
Justice D. Murugesan is a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, hailed from Tamil Nadu. He occupied many key posts in Indian Judiciary. He was elevated as a Judge of the Madras High Court from the Bar. He had occupied the post of Member National Human Rights Commission of India. Early life. Justice D. Murugesan was born on June 10, 1951. His place of birth is Cumbum Pudupatti, Theni District, Tamil Nadu. Graduation. Justice D. Murugesan had completed his Law graduation at Madras Law Collegein the Year 1975. He was a Gold Medalist in Hindu Law. Enrollment  in the Bar. Justice D. Murugesan enrolled himself as an Advocate in the Bar Council of India. His enrollment date in Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puduchery was August 27, 1975. Practice. Justice D. Murugesan Practiced before the Madras High Court invariably in all sides. Legal Advisor. University of Madras. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as Legal Advisor to the University of Madras in the Year 1984. He continued to be the Legal Advisor for the University of Madras till 1987. Corporation of Chennai. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as Legal Advisor to the Corporation of Chennai in the  Year 1992. He continued to be the Legal Advisor for the Corporation of Chennai till June 1996. Special Government Pleader. Education Department. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as Special Government Pleader for Education Department of Government of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Year 1994. He continued to be the Special Government Pleader till 1996. Writs. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as Special Government Pleader for Writs in the Year 1997. He continued to be the Special Government Pleader Writs till 1998. Government Pleader. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as Government Pleader on 8th December 1998. He continued to  be the Government Pleader till 2000. Elevation as Judge. Justice D. Murugesan was elevated as the Judge of Madras High Court on 2 March 2000. Permanent Judge. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Madras High Court on 13 June 2001. Chief Justice. Justice D. Murugesan was elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court with effect from 26 November 2012. He retired as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on June 10, 2013. During his tenure as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice D Murugesan hold the Office from 26 November 2012 to 9  June 2013 as Pattern-in-Chief for the Delhi State Legal Service Authority. The National Legal Service Authority (NALSA) is the highest body to provide free legal aids to the needy. Human Rights Commission. After his retirement as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice D. Murugesan was appointed on 21.09.2013 as the Member of the National Human Rights Commission of India at New Delhi. As the Member of the National Human Rights Commission, on March 11, 2015, he had attended the "Commonwealth Forum National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI) held in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference went on from March 11 , 2015 to March 13, 2015. He had also attended, as the Member of the National Human Rights Commission of India, the 28th Annual General Meeting of International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC). Justice D. Murugesan had also attended the Consultation Meeting on August 16, 2015 in Dhaka on the Strategic Plan for the years 2016 to 2020. As the Member of the National Human Rights Commission, Justice D. Murugesam had chaired the workshop on the "Elimination of Bonded Labour" and the Camp Sittings organized in various parts of India, for hearing  of cases of "Atrocities against the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities" and the Issues relating to Bonded Labours. Justice D. Murugesan retired from his service from the National Human Rights Commission on 20.09.2018. Pay Grievance Redress Committee (PGRC), 2019. Justice D. Murugesan was appointed by the Supreme Court of India on 28.11.2019, in Civil Appeal No. 10029 of 2017 as the Chairman of the One Man Commission to fix the Pay differences of the Government Servants. Supreme Court of India has also ordered that, the affected Employees shall not be permitted to get the 7th Central Pay Commission scales  on the basis of the higher scales till such time as a final decision is taken. Accordingly, Pay Grievance Redress Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice D.Murugesan. The Committee consists, apart from the Chairman, two official Administrative Members and two co-opted Members recommended by the Chairman. The Committee has to examine all the representations received from all Associations, individual employees relating to differences in respect of pay structure ordered based on the recommendations of the earlier One Man Commission, 2010; G.O.Ms.No.71, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated:26.02.2011; and G.O.Ms.No.242, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 22.07.2013. The  Pay Grievances Redress Committee heard the grievances from 21.01.2020 to 20.03.2020. The Committee heard 243 Associations and 2397 individual employees over this period and concluded with new Recommendations. The Recommendations of the Grievance Redress Committee was accepted by the Government and further Orders was issued. Important Cases. Rape Case records missing. Case records pertaining to a rape took place at Connaoght Place, New Delhi was missing from the court records and also from the police record. A public Interest Litigation Petition was filed before the Delhi High Court in this regard to pass suitable directions. Justice D. Murugesan and Justice  V. K. Jain had heard the case and after receiving the report form the Saket District Judge, ordered the Court to reconstruct the records of the case. SC and ST Community Certificate Case. In a Larger Bench of the Madras High Court, consisting Justice D. Murugesan, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice K.K. Sasitharan, Justice D. Murugesan had passed the Judgment relating to the Power of the TNPSC. In that case relating to the verification by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission(TNPSC), on the genuineness of Community Certificates filed by the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, Justice  D . Murugesan held that the TNPSC has no power to verify the Certificates. it was held that the scrutiny of the genuineness of the Scheduled Caste certificates can be made only by District Level Vigilance Committee constituted by the State Government in terms of G.O. (2D) No.108, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, dated: 12.09.2007; The scrutiny of the genuineness of the Scheduled Tribe certificates can be made only by State Level Scrutiny Committee constituted by the State Government in terms of G.O. (2D) No.108, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, dated 12.09.2007; Such scrutiny of certificates, be it Scheduled  Caste or Scheduled Tribe, cannot be made by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC). External links. Delhi High Court List of Chief Justice