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NAGPUR: Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, whose recent verdicts invited criticism, has only been given a 1-year extension as additional judge after the Supreme Court collegium refused to elevate her as a permanent judge of the Bombay high court. Her term had ended on Saturday.
Senior administrative judge at Nagpur bench, Nitin Jamdar, administered the oath to her in the presence of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta who attended the ceremony online from Mumbai.
The apex court’s collegium had recommended two years’ extension to Ganediwala after withdrawing its earlier suggestion to make her a permanent judge. However, the Union ministry for law and justice refused it citing her “controversial” judgments.
A Bombay High Court judge, who delivered controversial orders on sexual assaults in the recent weeks, got a reduced fresh term as an additional judge. The decision to extend Justice Pushpa Ganediwala's fresh tenure by only one year, instead of two years as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium, was taken by the centre, a notification of which was put out on Friday.
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Bombay HC Judge Behind Controversial Verdicts Gets One-Year Fresh Term as Additional Judge
Last month, the SC collegium had withdrawn its approval to make Justice Pushpa Ganediwala a permanent additional judge after her verdicts attracted criticism.
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New Delhi: Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, who came into limelight because of her controversial judgements in two sexual harassment cases that led to the Supreme Court Collegium withdrawing its recommendation to make her permanent, was given a fresh one-year term as an additional judge at the Bombay high court.
This will come as a setback for her as the SC Collegium had recommended granting her a two-year term. Her new term would be effective from February 13, after her earlier tenure came to an end on Friday.