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TopicJustice Indu Malhotra

Topic: Justice Indu Malhotra

Firm & meticulous, Justice Indu Malhotra retires after short SC stint of less than 3 years 

Justice Malhotra, appointed as SC judge in April 2018, was among two women judges in the apex court. She was the first woman lawyer to be directly elevated to the top court.

As SC judge Indu Malhotra retires, a look at 3 woman judges who could make it to top court

Justice Malhotra, appointed as SC judge in April 2018, was first woman lawyer to be directly elevated to top court. After her retirement, SC will be left with only one woman judge.

Justice Indu Malhotra replaces NV Ramana on panel to probe CJI sexual harassment charges

Justice N.V. Ramana recused himself from the panel after the woman who made the accusations alleged that he was like CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s ‘family member’.

Courts shouldn’t interfere with faith: Lone dissent on Sabarimala case by woman judge

Justice Indu Malhotra says it is not for courts to determine which of these practises of a faith are to be struck down, except if they are oppressive. 

Justice Indu Malhotra’s reading of Section 377 verdict was a mic-drop moment

After Section 377, Justice Malhotra will also be part of the benches that will rule on Sabarimala issue and adultery laws.

Indu Malhotra not first, this former CJI also reprimanded a woman wearing jeans in court

At a lunch hosted in her honour Thursday, Justice Malhotra shared her dislike for palazzo pants and 3/4th trousers in particular.

Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra to women lawyers: No palazzo pants, dress professionally

Newest judge of the top court says palazzos and 3/4th trousers are not ‘professional attire’. Senior women advocates agree but some juniors don’t.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.