{"id":52556,"date":"2018-04-27T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T08:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52556"},"modified":"2018-04-27T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T08:06:23","slug":"indu-malhotra-takes-oath-supreme-court-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/indu-malhotra-takes-oath-supreme-court-judge","title":{"rendered":"Indu Malhotra takes oath as Supreme Court judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/indu-malhotra-takes-oath-supreme-court-judge\/70-suprem_5-21\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"70-suprem_5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-52557\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?resize=238%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/70-suprem_5-20.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>Senior advocate Indu Malhotra was today administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, making her the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly.<br \/>\nWith Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, including the CJI.<\/p>\n<p>Malhotra was administered the oath of office and secrecy in a ceremony held at court number 1 in the apex court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior advocate Indu Malhotra was today administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, making her the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly. 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