Retd. Justice Madan B. Lokur Appointed Judge of Fiji's

Retired judge of Indian Supreme Court Justice Madan B. Lokur has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji's Non-Resident Panel.

Details:

• Justice Lokur is appointed as a judge of Supreme Court of Fiji's non-resident panel.
• He will assume charge of his new role on 15 August 2019.
• He has been appointed in the new role for a period of three years.
• On December 31 2018, Justice Lokur demitted the office as a Supreme Court justice after his superannuation.
• It is likely that Justice Lokur received the offer from Chief Justice of the Fiji Supreme Court on the day of his retirement itself.

About the The Supreme Court of Fiji:

• In one year it has three sessions in total.
• Justice Lokur will attend August session which starts from August 15 to August 30, 2019.
• Other countries that have been invited by Fiji over the years are South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand.

About Justice Madan B. Lokur:

• In July 1977, he enrolled as an advocate and practised in High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court.
• In 1981, he became an Advocate-on-Record in Supreme Court.
• In 1998 he was appointed as Additional Solicitor General and continued in that post till February 1999 when he was appointed an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court (HC).
• In July 1999, he was made a permanent judge. Later he served as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and then Andhra Pradesh High Court before being elevated to SC.
• He was appointed as judge of Supreme Court of India on 4 June 2012.
• He retired as Supreme Court judge on 31 December 2018, after a term of more than 6 years.

Question:

Q. Which Retired judge of Indian Supreme Court has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji's Non-Resident Panel?
a. Justice Madan B. Lokur
b. Justice Mohan B. Lokur
c. Justice Mahesh B. Lokur
d. Justice Mohit B. Lokur