Dalveer Bhandari gets renomination to ICJ

India has renominated its serving candidate at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal legal organ of the United Nations.

Justice Dalveer Bhandari, 69, who received the re-nomination, will serve for a term of nine years as the Indian judge at the ICJ, which is the platform of the ongoing Kulbhushan Jadhav case.

Justice Bhandari, who previously served in the Supreme Court of India, was elected in April 2012 to his current seat. India filed for his renomination on Monday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The election to the ICJ will be held at the next UN session, following which the next term will ensue.

During his term at the ICJ, Justice Bhandari has been engaged in cases ranging from maritime disputes, genocide, nuclear disarmament, terrorism and violation of sovereign rights.