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Union Law Secretary appointed Delhi HC judge

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta was a judicial officer in Delhi when he was made the law secretary in October 2019

The Department of Justice tweeted about the fresh appointments on Friday. File picture

Our Bureau, PTI
New Delhi | Published 25.02.22, 11:59 AM

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.

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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.

Besides 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 on Friday.

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