New Delhi: Supreme Court Collegium Decided not to appoint Justice on Thursday Pushpa V GandiwalaThe woman ad-hoc judge of the Bombay High Court, who last year caused a stir with her controversial skin-to-skin contact decision. poxo Case as Permanent Judge.
This means Justice Ganediwala will return to her ad hoc judgeship as a district judge in February 2022.
Last year, the Center had disagreed with the collegium’s decision to grant a two-year extension to ad-hoc judgeship and granted an extension of only one year.
In January, after controversy erupted over their insensitive decisions in the POCSO case, the then collegium CJI SA Bobde He was forced to withdraw the recommendation for his appointment as a permanent judge of the Bombay HC.
Justice Ganediwala had surprised many by his January 19 judgment acquitting a 39-year-old man of an offense under Section 6. POCSO Act On the ground that pressing the breast of a minor girl without removing her ponytail does not result in skin-to-skin contact, therefore, is not an offense of POCSO Act.
Nine days after the controversial verdict, Justice Ganediwala, while acquitting a 50-year-old man, ruled that holding the hand of a five-year-old child and opening pants in front of him cannot be classified as a sex offence. POCSO Act.
This means Justice Ganediwala will return to her ad hoc judgeship as a district judge in February 2022.
Last year, the Center had disagreed with the collegium’s decision to grant a two-year extension to ad-hoc judgeship and granted an extension of only one year.
In January, after controversy erupted over their insensitive decisions in the POCSO case, the then collegium CJI SA Bobde He was forced to withdraw the recommendation for his appointment as a permanent judge of the Bombay HC.
Justice Ganediwala had surprised many by his January 19 judgment acquitting a 39-year-old man of an offense under Section 6. POCSO Act On the ground that pressing the breast of a minor girl without removing her ponytail does not result in skin-to-skin contact, therefore, is not an offense of POCSO Act.
Nine days after the controversial verdict, Justice Ganediwala, while acquitting a 50-year-old man, ruled that holding the hand of a five-year-old child and opening pants in front of him cannot be classified as a sex offence. POCSO Act.
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