Lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri was appointed to the higher judiciary and took an oath of office as the additional judge of Madras High Court on 7th February 2023.
* Lakshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri faced opposition from a section of the legal fraternity to her following their usual practice.
* It included reading out the Warrant of Appointment issued by the President, Gowri was administered the oath of office by Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice T Raja. Besides Gowri, four others also took oath as additional judges of the High Court.
* The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri from taking oath as a judge of the Madras High Court.
* A special bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai informed that the court is not entertaining the writ petition.
* A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud had in the forenoon put the plea of three Madras HC lawyers opposing the appointment of Gowri for hearing on February 10 but later advanced it to 7 February 2023 after senior advocate Raju Ramachandran again mentioned it.
* The petitioner lawyers, Anna Mathew, Sudha Ramalingam, and D Nagasaila, in their plea, referred to the alleged hate speeches made by Gowri against Muslims and Christians..
Source : Mint