Justice Dalveer Bhandari of India has been elected as a judge to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague in the Netherlands.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said Justice Bhandari obtained 122 votes against his Filipino rival Justice Florentino Feliciano, who got just 58 votes in United Nations General Assembly.

Sixty four-year-old Justice Bhandari, a senior Supreme Court Judge, will serve a 2012-18 term in the International Court of Justice.