Mumbai: The Bombay High Court’s judge Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, who had delivered two controversial verdicts in sexual assault cases, on Saturday took oath as the high court’s additional judge for one more year.
Justice Ganediwala’s earlier tenure as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court ended on Friday.
Justice Nitin Jamdar, the senior most judge at the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, administered the oath of office to her.
The oath-taking ceremony was attended virtually by the Bombay High Court’s Chief Justice Dipankar Datta.
Last month, the Supreme Court collegium had withdrawn its approval to a proposal for the appointment Justice Ganediwala as a permanent judge of the court following her two controversial verdicts.
The collegium had recommended that she be given a fresh term as an additional judge for two years.
However, the government issued a notification on Friday saying she has been given a fresh term as an additional judge for one year.
