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Former Supreme Court Judge Madan Lokur has been appointed as the Chairperson of the UN International Judicial Committee (IJC).

Appointment | Dated: 27 Nov 2024

On 19th December 2024, Justice Madan B. Lokur, a former Supreme Court (SC) judge of India, was appointed as the Chairperson of the United Nations (UN) Internal Justice Council (IJC) by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. His tenure will run from 19th December 2024 to 12th November 2028.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - Justice Lokur will lead the council, which includes other respected legal experts.
  • - Justice Lokur was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 4th June 2012 and served until his retirement on 30th December 2018.
  • - He was the standing counsel (legal representative) for the Central Government for six years, from 1990 to 1996. In 1997, he was designated as a senior advocate, and in 1998, he became the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) In October 2017, he, along with Justice Deepak Gupta, raised the legal age of consent for marriage to 18 years.
  • (ii) Justice Lokur served as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court in June 2010, and later became the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court in November 2011.
  • (iii) In 2019, Justice Madan Lokur was appointed as a judge on the non-resident panel of the Supreme Court of Fiji. He made history by becoming the first Indian judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of another country.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Who has been Recently appointed as the Chairperson of the UN International Judicial Committee (IJC)?

Correct Answer: Madan Lokur

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