The President of India has signed off on the appointment of four new judges to the Delhi High Court..Two of these – Pratibha Singh and Rekha Palli – are women. The other two are Naveen Chawla and Hari Shankar..We had earlier reported that the Supreme Court collegium had cleared the names of these four lawyers for elevation to the Bench last month..Pratibha Singh is a leading IP lawyer. A graduate of University Law College, Bangalore, Singh completed her Masters in Law from Cambridge University. She has been involved in a number of high-profile IP litigations, including the Novartis case. She is also a recipient of the Best Woman IP Litigator in Asia by Euromoney Asia and was designated Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in 2013..Naveen Chawla joined the Bar in 1993. He was the Standing counsel of the Government of India between 2001 to 2004. He focuses on telecom and broadcasting laws..Rekha Palli enrolled at the Bar in 1986. She was designated Senior Advocate in 2015..Recently, three judges from the Delhi High Court were transferred to other High Court as Chief Justices. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has gone to the Rajasthan High Court, Justice BD Ahmed to the J&K High Court and Justice Indira Banerjee to the Madras High Court.
The President of India has signed off on the appointment of four new judges to the Delhi High Court..Two of these – Pratibha Singh and Rekha Palli – are women. The other two are Naveen Chawla and Hari Shankar..We had earlier reported that the Supreme Court collegium had cleared the names of these four lawyers for elevation to the Bench last month..Pratibha Singh is a leading IP lawyer. A graduate of University Law College, Bangalore, Singh completed her Masters in Law from Cambridge University. She has been involved in a number of high-profile IP litigations, including the Novartis case. She is also a recipient of the Best Woman IP Litigator in Asia by Euromoney Asia and was designated Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in 2013..Naveen Chawla joined the Bar in 1993. He was the Standing counsel of the Government of India between 2001 to 2004. He focuses on telecom and broadcasting laws..Rekha Palli enrolled at the Bar in 1986. She was designated Senior Advocate in 2015..Recently, three judges from the Delhi High Court were transferred to other High Court as Chief Justices. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has gone to the Rajasthan High Court, Justice BD Ahmed to the J&K High Court and Justice Indira Banerjee to the Madras High Court.
