Accepting the revised recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium to not make Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala of the Bombay High Court a permanent judge, the Ministry of Law and Justice has.
SC withdraws approval for appointment of Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of Bombay HC as permanent judge The move comes after the judge acquitted a man accused of groping a teenager s breast because he did not make skin-to-skin contact and also ruled that holding hands and unzipping trousers do not amount to sexual assault under the POCSO Act File image of the Supreme Court of India. Reuters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium is understood to have withdrawn its approval to a proposal for the appointment of an additional judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice PV Ganediwala, as a permanent judge of the court following her two controversial verdicts in sexual assault cases.
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Bombay High Court judge Pushpa Virendra Ganediwala has been at the end of receiving public flak for her controversial POCSO rulings recently.
The Supreme Court has reportedly withdrawn its recommendation to make Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala a permanent judge of the Bombay High Court in light of her controversial orders on two sexual assault cases in the recent past.
The Bombay High Court verdict regarding a case of groping of a minor girl sent shockwaves for its controversial statement. The case involved a 12-year-old girl who had reportedly been groped by a 39-year-old man in December 2016.