Abhilasha Kumari named Manipur Chief Justice
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy - Hindustan Times
New Delhi, January 11 2018:
Abhilasha Kumari of Gujarat High Court has been transferred to Manipur as Chief Justice while senior advocate Indu Malhotra and Uttrakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph have been recommended as new Judges of the Supreme Court.
Malhotra was the second woman to be designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court, nearly three decades after Leila Seth.
She will be the seventh woman Judge since independence to be a Supreme Court Judge, reports PTI.
Justice M Fathima Beevi in 1989 became the first woman Judge of the Supreme Court .
R Banumathi is the only woman Judge in the top Court currently.
Joseph set aside President's rule in Uttarakhand in 2016 .
J Bhattacharaya, who was Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, will be the new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
TB Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice of the Chattishgarh High Court, has been transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Abhilasha Kumari of Gujarat High Court has been transferred to Manipur as Chief Justice.
A Dominic has been made Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
Justice Ajay Rastogi has been transferred to Tripura High Court.
Surya Kant of Punjab and Haryana High Court will be the new Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh.