NEW DELHI: Justice Indu Malhotra, the first woman attorney to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court, last sat on the bench as a judge on Friday, but was unable to finish her speech by thanking and by the attorney members Emotions being overwhelmed that were almost overwhelmed brought tears to her eyes.
When she suffocated after saying, “I am retiring with great satisfaction because I have contributed to the system with the greatest capacity,” said CJI SA Bobde, “I have not seen a better judge than Justice Malhotra. I can tell her feelings and emotions now and we understand. ” will hear her full speech some other day. ”
Attorney General KK Venugopal said Justice Malhotra was one of the greatest judges the SC has ever produced and that she was retiring “too soon” for her to easily have continued for another 10 years. Recalling her famous dissenting view in the Supervisory Committee’s ruling that allowed entry of women aged 10 to 50 into the Sabarimala Temple, Venugopal said she did an excellent job in her dissenting ruling to bring the judiciary to constitutional Morality to remember.
Vikas Singh, president of the SC Bar Association, said there was no reason India should not raise the retirement age for SC judges to 70. “Although Justice Malhotra is irreplaceable, I urge the CJI to take steps to fill the vacancy created by her retirement with another judge,” he said.
CJI Bobde said Justice Malhotra had been meticulous as an attorney and she brought those traits to the bank and always handled cases thoroughly. He said Malhotra Justice is a role model for younger lawyers. “My attorney’s daughter, who supported Malhotra when she was practicing as a senior attorney, told me a certain point of view. Nowadays one doesn’t ask where one got a point of view from. Later, when I spoke to Malhotra Justice, I came across the same thing View. That is the kind of example Malhotra is. ”
With her retirement, the SC has only one judge in Justice Indira Banerjee. Indu Malhotra was appointed judge on April 27, 2018 and retired on March 13, 2021 after serving less than three years in office. This is one of the shortest of the eight female judges appointed to the SC since 1950.
