Dalveer Bhandari was in news because he was elected to the International Court of Justice, in the elections held on 27th April, 2012. He secured 122 votes in the United Nations General Assembly against 58 for his rival, Florentino Feliciano. Others Indians elected to the ICJ are B. N. Rau(1952-53) Nagendra Singh (1973-88) andR. N. Pathak (1989-91).