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Justice Indu Malhotra, Dissenting Hero Of The Sabarimala Case, Retires Today
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 12, 2021 11:34 AM
Justice Indu Malhotra
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In the Sabarimala case, while others pontificated about equality under the law, Justice Indu Malhotra stood like a true hero.
In 2018, a woman judge stood as the lone hero in the disaster that was the Sabrimala case. Justice Indu Malhotra retires today (12 March).
She was the lone woman judge in the bench that wrote the majority judgement â a 4:1 decision, that forced the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala to open its doors to women in the 10-50 age group.
Justice Malhotra took a stand that would make her dissent and bat for religious freedom.
Society benefits when gender diversity is found on bench, said Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra in her farewell speech on Friday.Speaking at the farewell function organized by the Supreme.
NEW DELHI: The mezzo-soprano voice of Justice Indu Malhotra, the first woman advocate to be directly appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court, choked with emotions as she on Friday tried to fight off tears on the eve of her retirement after being showered with unadulterated love, affection and respect by the bar led by the attorney general and bench led by the CJI.
Her voice, best described as counterpart of a male baritone, coupled with her meticulous reading of case files and legal articulation had drawn the attention of Judges for 35 years before becoming just the eighth woman SC Judge on April 27, 2018. My tenure (as a SC Judge) may be short but I am leaving with a great sense of satisfaction having been able to contribute to the best of my ability, she said.
Justice Indu Malhotra ends tenure in Supreme Court: A revisit to her glorious career
Justice Indu Malhotra
Justice Indu Malhotraâs glorious tenure at the Supreme Court of India comes to an end on March 13, 2021. She became the first woman to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court from the Bar on April 27, 2018. Justice Malhotra is the seventh woman
(after Justice Fathima Beevi, Justice Ruma Pal, Justice Sujatha Manohar, Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Justice Ranjana Desai, Justice R. Banumathi) to be a judge of the Supreme Court, and the second woman to be designated as a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court after three decades.