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This Is New Supreme Judge Indu Background

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   27 April 2018 5:43 AM GMT
This Is New Supreme Judge Indu Background
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The name of 61-year-old Indu Malhotra has mentioned often in the media. Who is she? What is her speciality? How does a senior lawyer directly become the Supreme Court judge? What is her background?

She is familiar to many people as an advocate. If we have a look at the details related to her we will understand how did she get a rare opportunity to become Supreme Court judge directly. If we know her past achievements we'll be convinced that she has all the eligibility to become Supreme Court judge.

Indu Malhotra is going to take oath as Supreme Court judge according to the President Ramnath Kovind's orders as per the collegium recommendations. She would be administered the oath of office by Supreme Court chief justice Dipak Misra. Six women judges served in The Supreme court since our independence and all of them had the experience as High Court Judges. But Indu Malhotra is becoming Supreme Court judge directly from a senior lawyer designation. Apart from being a lawyer, she is fighting on various issues.

Indu was born in a family of advocates. Though she belongs to Bengaluru.. her education took place in Delhi. She stood as the first ranker in Advocate On Record examination in 1988. Many people say that it is very tough to score the first rank in this examination. Indu Malhotra has been part of a 10-member committee formed by the top court to deal with complaints of sexual harassment within the court. She was the second woman to be designated as a senior advocate in the Supreme Court in 2007 after a gap of over 30 years.