Indu Malhotra, K M Joseph proposed for SC: Collegium

The Supreme Court appointed Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India, has proposed Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra and Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph, as judges in the Supreme Court.

As per reports, Malhotra will be the seventh woman judge in the history of the Supreme Court and also the first woman judge to be promoted directly from the Bar, if the recommendations are accepted by the Law Ministry.

Advocate Indu Malhotra has specialized in the law of arbitration and has appeared in various domestic and international commercial arbitrations.

In December 2016, she was made the member of the High Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Law and Justice by the Government of India to review Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India.

Before his appointment as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand on 31 July 2014, Justice Joseph had served as a Judge of Kerala High Court for more than 9 years.