Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal of Delhi High Court to be appointed as CCI member

The proposal to appoint Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, Judge of the Delhi High Court, as a Judicial Member in the Competition Commission of India has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Government of India..As per a Central Government Infomation Note dated November 11, Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal would serve as a member in the Competition Commission for five years or until she attains the age of 65 years or until further orders..Communication in this regard has now been sent to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs..Justice Dhingra is set to retire as the Judge of the High Court in June next year..Justice Sehgal obtained her LL.B degree from Delhi University in 1981 and completed her LL.M in 1983. She subsequently did her Ph.D. from Amity University, Noida in 2012. Justice Sehgal was the topper of her batch of 1984 in Delhi Judicial Services and joined the services in July 1985..Justice Sehgal served as the Registrar General, High Court of Delhi from April 2013 to December 2014 and also worked as Registrar (Vigilance). She was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court on December 15, 2014, and became a Permanent Judge on June 2, 2016..The post of a Judicial Member in the Competition Commission has been vacant for a considerable period of time. The issue was recently discussed by the High Court when it held that that non-appointment of a Judicial Member does not stop the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from carrying out its adjudicatory functions..Read the Information Note: