Explained: Bhima Koregaon Commission
The HinduThe Bhima Koregaon Commission has suspended all hearings till the Maharashtra government provides it a suitable accommodation in Mumbai. The Bhima Koregaon Commission On January 4, 2018, the State government requested the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to nominate a sitting judge of the High Court as a Commission of Inquiry. On February 9, 2018, retired chief justice of the Calcutta High Court, Jay Narayan Patel and chief secretary of Maharashtra government, Sumit Mullick were appointed to head a Commission of Inquiry to make inquiries into the sequence of events that happened at Koregaon-Bhima on January 1 2018. Functioning of the Commission Although the Commission was appointed by a notification dated February 9, 2018, office posts like Secretary, Technical expert, clerk etc were created only by a notification dated March 31, 2018; but appointments were not made by the government immediately.