Rajasthan HC gets husband-wife duo as judges

JAIPUR: History was made in Rajasthan high court on Friday with the appointment of

Shubha Mehta

as a judge, whose husband Justice

Mahendra Goyal

is already a judge in the same HC. This is a first in Rajasthan HC where both husband and wife will be judges.

The ministry of law and justice announced Friday the appointment of

Mehta

and Kuldeep Mathur as judges of Rajasthan HC. Mehta has been appointed from the

Rajasthan Judicial Services

(RJS), while Justice

Goyal

became a judge from the lawyers’ quota on November 6, 2019.

Mathur also comes from the lawyers’ quot a. “The President of India is pleased to appoint Kuldeep Mathur and Shubha Mehta to be judges of the Rajasthan high court in that order of seniority. . . ,” a ministry notification said.
The number of judges in the HC is now 27—still below the sanctioned posts of 50.
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