Composition
The committee was headed by former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar, and include other six members.
- Sayyid Hamid,
- Dr. T.K. Oomen,
- M.A. Basith,
- Dr. Akhtar Majeed,
- Dr. Abu Saleh Shariff and
- Dr. Rakesh Basant.
Dr. Syed Zafar Mahmood was the civil servant appointed by the PM as Officer on Special Duty to the Committee. During the committee's interaction with women's groups, some of them seriously articulated a grievance that it did not have any woman member.
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