Ministry clears Indu Malhotra as SC judge
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Ministry clears Indu Malhotra as SC judge

What has happened?

Senior advocate Indu Malhotra will be the first woman lawyer to be elevated as a Supreme Court judge after the Law Ministry cleared her name for the position

  • The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising among others Justices J. Chelameshwar and Ranjan Gogoi, also cleared 12 names across four High Courts to be appointed as judges
  • While five names were cleared for the Gujarat High Court, four have been recommended for the Chhattisgarh High Court, two for the Madras High Court and one for the Bombay High Court.
  • Malhotra was one of the two names the SC Collegium had recommended for elevation in January.

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