Four new Delhi High Court judges namely; Justices Rekha Palli, Prathiba M Singh, Navin Chawla and C Hari Shankar, were sworn in today by the acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. The working strength of the court becomes to 38 as against the sanctioned strength of 60.
With the elevation of Rekha Palli and Prathiba M Singh, there will be 10 women judges in the high court.
As per the new roster, Justice C Hari Shankar will sit with Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, Justice Navin Chawla with Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Prathiba Singh with Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Rekha Palli with Justice G S Sistani.
While Prathiba M Singh is a leading intellectual property rights lawyer, Chawla's focus is on telecom and broadcasting laws. Shankar is a leading indirect tax and service lawyer.
Palli, who was designated as a senior advocate in 2015, had argued for the grant of permanent commission to all women officers who were recruited before May 2006 in the Air Force and Army. The high court in 2010 had held that not granting them permanent commission amounted to gender discrimination.
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Four new judges take oath in Delhi HC
By IndianMandarins - 2017-05-15 15:24:16
Four new Delhi High Court judges namely; Justices Rekha Palli, Prathiba M Singh, Navin Chawla and C Hari Shankar, were sworn in today by the acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal. The working strength of the court becomes to 38 as against the sanctioned strength of 60.
With the elevation of Rekha Palli and Prathiba M Singh, there will be 10 women judges in the high court.
As per the new roster, Justice C Hari Shankar will sit with Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, Justice Navin Chawla with Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Prathiba Singh with Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Rekha Palli with Justice G S Sistani.
While Prathiba M Singh is a leading intellectual property rights lawyer, Chawla's focus is on telecom and broadcasting laws. Shankar is a leading indirect tax and service lawyer.
Palli, who was designated as a senior advocate in 2015, had argued for the grant of permanent commission to all women officers who were recruited before May 2006 in the Air Force and Army. The high court in 2010 had held that not granting them permanent commission amounted to gender discrimination.
