Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has been elevated as a judge of the Delhi High CourtNew Delhi: In a first, a union law secretary has been appointed as a judge of a high court.According to the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry, Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has been elevated as a judge of the Delhi High Court.Mr Mendiratta was appointed as judge based on his seniority as a judicial officer, sources in the government said.His name was recently recommended by the Supreme Court collegium.Mr Mendiratta was a judicial officer in Delhi when he was made the law secretary in October 2019.Even that was a first when a serving district and sessions judge was made the union law secretary.He was appointed as law secretary on a contractual basis till March 30, 2023, till his attaining the age of 60 years, the order had said.Besides Mr Mendiratta, three other judicial officers – Neena Bansal Krishna, Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Sudhir Kumar Jain – have also been elevated as judges of the Delhi High Court.The Department of Justice tweeted about the fresh appointments today. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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