Justice Dalveer Bhadari elected to the International Court of justice

In a battle between India and UK to get candidate in the ICJ, justice Dalveer Bhadari of India has finally been elected to the International Court of justice for a second term.

After 11 rounds of voting spread over several days, Britain’s Christopher Greenwood late on Monday withdrew his candidature and Bhandari won 183 of the 193 votes in the United Nations General Assembly and all 15 in the Security Council.

India successfully argued that a candidate with almost two-thirds majority in the General Assembly never failed to get elected to the ICJ

"This argument along with other consideration such as the importance of bilateral ties played a role in the withdrawal of the (British) judge," an official said