Bhandari will start his term from February 2018. He received all 15 votes in the UN Security Council and 183 out of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly.
India's Dalveer Bhandari was on Tuesday re-elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with more than two-thirds of the UN members backing him.
Bhandari received all 15 votes in the UN Security Council and 183 of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly.
Hailing Bhandari's re-election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it as a proud moment and credited External Affairs Ministry Sushma Swaraj and her ministry's officials for their efforts in ensuring his success.
In his over four-decade-long career as a jurist, Dalveer Bhandari has served in various capacities as a lawyer and a judge in high courts as well as the Supreme Court.
"If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead," Britain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Matthew Rycroft, said in a statement.
"Today it is Britain, tomorrow it could be any one of us" is the argument which has brought Britain, the US, Russia, France and China together.
India's UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin denied talks with UK for Judge Dalveer Bhandari to withdraw in favour of the British candidate Christopher Greenwood.
India’s nominee to ICJ, Dalveer Bhandari, received an overwhelming support from the UNGA who defied permanent members of the UNSC to back him against Britain’s candidate.
Justice Bhandari was elected in April 2012 during simultaneous balloting in both the General Assembly and the Security Council to a seat on the International Court of Justice.
United Nations, Apr 28: After a gap of more than two decades, India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari was on Friday overwhelmingly elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, defeating his Filipino rival
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