The Asian Age

Malhotra, an expert in arbitratio­n

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra, who will become the Supreme Court judge, is the daughter of noted lawyer Om Prakash Malhotra. She was enrolled as a lawyer in the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. She will have a tenure of little over four years as apex court judge.

In 1988, Ms Malhotra qualified as an Advocateon-Record ( AoR) in the Supreme Court. She has served as Standing Counsel for the state of Haryana and represente­d

Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra, who will become the Supreme Court judge, is the daughter of noted lawyer Om Prakash Malhotra. She was enrolled as a lawyer in the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. She will have a tenure of little over four years

statutory bodies like the Delhi Developmen­t Authority ( DDA), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR), Securities Exchange Board of India ( Sebi), Indian Council for Agricultur­al Research ( ICAR), before the Supreme Court

Ms Malhotra is an expert in arbitratio­n and has authored the third edition of The Law and Practice of Arbitratio­n and Conciliati­on, 2014. The senior lawyer has appeared in various domestic and internatio­nal commercial arbitratio­ns. She has been a part of law and justice ministry’s High Level Committee ( HLC) to review ‘ Institutio­nalisation of Arbitratio­n Mechanism in India’.

She is associated with NGO Save Life Foundation and was the counsel in the 2013 case when Supreme Court recommende­d a number of laws for good Samaritans who save lives in road accidents. She has appeared in a number of educationa­l matters relating to admissions, appointmen­ts in colleges and other institutio­ns. She has also appeared in a number of cases relating to environmen­t. She has also served as amicus curiae, to assist the court in a number of cases.

 ?? — PTI ?? This handout photo shows the Indian Air Force ( IAF) team of mountainee­rs during ‘ Mission Seven Summits’. A team of IAF mountainee­rs had successful­ly scaled highest peaks of seven different continents, culminatin­g with Mt Vinson in Antarctica.
— PTI This handout photo shows the Indian Air Force ( IAF) team of mountainee­rs during ‘ Mission Seven Summits’. A team of IAF mountainee­rs had successful­ly scaled highest peaks of seven different continents, culminatin­g with Mt Vinson in Antarctica.

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