P Satheedevi will be the seventh chairperson of the rights panel from October 1, the Commission said in its statement.

MC Josephine resignation comes after she snapped at a domestic violence survivor who spoke to her during a call-in show.

“Regulating ostentatious weddings and giving bride the rights over the gold and gifts she receives at the time of her wedding are some of the proposals on the anvil to check the menace of dowry harassment and lavish weddings in the State.”